Last week we reported on Queen Anne artists Jennifer Phillips, who had 170 pieces of hand-painted jewelry–$11,000 and over two months worth of work–stolen out of her car outside the Goodwill flagship store on Dearborn, setting her back months in her work and leaving her without any inventory to sell at a number of upcoming shows. We’re happy to report that this week Jennifer was reunited with her work.
A box containing her hand-crafted jewelry, all oil paintings done on the back of pieces of wood and Scrabble tiles, was found at a bus stop outside MIH (“make it happen”) Studios in Rainier Valley. The folks at the studio heard about Jennifer’s missing work on the news, and contacted her to return the items. KOMO4 recorded the meeting:
Jennifer also had a number of personal items stolen in the incident, including a Macbook computer, iPhone and purse, but she was most concerned about finding her lost art.
“All my personal items can be replaced… but all the time and effort and creativity that went into making my art, will never be recovered,” she wrote Queen Anne View.