Etsy

Whether it’s just me at the wheel or me with some of my co-conspirator cronies hatching dubious plots, WHOOP! is about having fun, implementing mad ideas, spreading beauty, wreaking havoc and mayhem, and creating consciousness and innovations in recycling and repurposing.

The main and most visible featured item in the WHOOP! line is the WhoopHoop and the Travel WhoopHoop. Created primarily for the latest adult exercise and hoop dance craze, these retro toys with a modern spin can be enjoyed by boys and girls of all ages and sizes and create an atmosphere of fun wherever they go. Expand the circle of love and madness with hoops – for your dancing, fitness, and silly pleasure.

Fulfill your tribal desires for ornamentation with hair wraps and jewelry of all kinds. Hair wraps are like friendship bracelets in your hair – mixing colors and beads to tell a story of a memorable, immediate experience. All of my jewelry is an eclectic mix of natural and man made materials and the styles run from Victorian to Modern Hippie.

Reuse, repurpose, recycle clothing for costume elements! Introducing the “Undercover Fairy” - take flight with recycled lingerie! Perfect party wear or if you're just feeling festive and fairy. I have added 'soft' wings to pieces that can be worn on their own or with layers underneath - outer wear instead of underwear. The wings can be worn down as a train or attached to the wrist when you're feelin' fairy!

I have been an artist/vendor for almost 20 years. I started out in the late 80's on Grateful Dead tour doing hair wraps and making and selling beaded and hemp jewelry. When I finally settled in Venice Beach, California I got a job designing and assembling for a French wholesale jewelry company. I designed pieces and their color combinations, soldered the raw copper or brass findings, set stones, and mixed enamels. I bought many of their unfinished pieces to create my own designs.

In the past I've also been a semi-serious collector of the unusual and the pretty. Now I am trying to pass these things on for others' enjoyment.

My current passions are hoop dancing and travel. So now I offer up hoops for travelers in a handy infinity/figure-8 twist. It folds up so you don't have to take it apart and put it back together. I have regular hoops as well.

After a couple years of some serious travel, I have relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area.

I'm into manifesting a lot of ideas into being, so expect the unexpected to crop up from time to time.