Here a Chick, There a Chick, Birmingham, AL (2026)

Name: Here a Chick, There a Chick
Address: Birmingham, AL, 35226, US
Telephone: +12056173706

One of a kind statement jewelry created from vintage, antique and found object. I'm a southern chick, mom to three chicks, and I find the objects for my pieces- here, there… you get the idea! I post new pieces daily and they are available for immediate sale, at a few galleries and at vintage and art shows! I also love working with you and your heirlooms to make beautiful pieces unique t you and your memories.

05/08/2026

“We Don’t Live There Anymore” - a story I started writing this winter on canvas and in sculpture- and started playing with in the watch face/ clock face/ photos and paint/ wall piece.
(I’d actually like to go much much bigger).

And in the last few days- some earrings if you scroll- they turned out so beautiful- and poignant.

These are stories of places and selves we no longer visit. Maybe the shame, the darkness, the things that needed to be shed to become the brighter better version of ourselves. We need to let go to grow. To find the light.

Unless you are a red state trying to take us back to the Jim Crow era- because while racism wasn’t a dark thing of the past- it’s been ever present-
now it’s crowing like a rooster.
And they are not ashamed.
It should turn their bones to glass.
In 2026.
To deny representation to their fellow man.

I wanted this piece to feel orderly- and logical- and then like it was unraveling- and finally blood.
I made this months ago -before any of the events of the past two weeks.

But I’m sharing it today. Tennessee. Alabama.
Shame
Shame

-Kerry

05/05/2026

Vacation pennants and pressed pennies are mementos of places we have been- but hear me out- the true mementos are The People That You Meet.
Lasting memories- fleeting impressions- a flicker, an insight, a long term friendship, a dreadful disaster of an encounter. These are the defining moments- not just the beautiful scenery or the rocks from the gift shop.

I started creating the necklace version last fall during my suburb’s municipal election. You cannot believe how much money gets poured into an Alabama burb. Or the base behaviors it will bring out in people. I thought to myself “Wow- you just never know who you are standing next to at the Piggly Wiggly”. And the necklaces were born.

As I’ve expanded my art practice beyond adornment- and at this point have cut descriptive words out of two entire vintage dictionaries (I’m deep into a third). The first three large scale pieces I finished sold at Bells gallery- I finished a second large piece (pictured) as a commission- and an enormous piece I have a “fingers crossed” destiny for (also pictured)). I’ve learned a lot about the patience I didn’t know I have. I’ve learned to lean into the meditative nature of the slow build.
I’m inspired by Mbongeni Buthelezi and his huge installation pieces from recycled materials, I’ve had the pleasure of viewing over the years. (Wondering if I can build my patience to enormous room size?)

My work right now is both experimental/ exploratory/ but also a hope that future me will thank current me for the time invested.
(Or as my friend Daniel says “You aren’t scared to work a 60 hour work week” 😂)
The mind says- make the pennants.
I’ve met a LOT of people.

First two small wall pennants and the necklaces are available. Larger scale available upon commission- (they take a few weeks and a lot of yoga)

-Kerry

05/01/2026

Absolutely thrilled to be invited to return to Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden this September for Finster Fest!

Being told I’m a folk artist (how would I know right? No art education 😂 which is kind of the point I understand). Being told I’m a folk artist has been one of the most freeing things in ways it takes me a few minute to explain. But I trust my intuition now. The work can be what it needs to be.

Being welcomed by this group of incredibly warm humans? (Instantly. With open arms. No gate keeping. No hairy eyeballs suspicious I may not belong. Instant.). Fills my heart and can’t be explained. Cannot wait to be pulling into Summerville to hear the happy lilt of them calling to one another and sharing their stories.
Folkies are the best of societies.

Having friends who speak my name in rooms of opportunity? Unfathomable gratitude. I have a few of yall. But this one goes to . Have a friend like this. I only hope I can pay it forward to other artists in this generous way.

Ah. Going to take this love straight into the studio.
If you haven’t been- mark your calendars. Book a room. Stash the cash. Load your walls straight from the source.

-Kerry Leasure

04/30/2026

(I screwed up the quote- 75 not 70- both work)

it’s “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life”.
I saw it scrawled in marker on the eave of a cabin some years back and it stuck in my head.
Stuck like the passage from Madeline L’Engle’s “Wrinkle in Time” that absolutely terrified me as a child. To this day I can’t read it without goose bumps. (Swipe- I included it)
I read that book 75 times at least.
Certain sub divisions give me the same hair raising experience.
And strip malls with AVAILABLE in the endless blank windows. But hey- let’s build more.

First piece -was not the quote I set out to use when I thought to build the base from slides- but it’s the one that felt most Bounce/// Skip- and accidentally connecting it upside down made it Just Right.
I want all of these banners to feel discordant.
The rhythm is wrong. They won’t assimilate.

Second piece- (some of y’all may recall I was getting ready to mess up a Rae Dunn cookie jar in January)- it didn’t fit into my show at Bells- but it is perfect here.
It’s still a cookie jar. You can hide whatever it is you need to get by inside.

Already at work on the next piece.
I know some of yall are missing jewelry- I haven’t forgotten- and have some stewing on the side. I’m just enjoying myself in this large space. So Maybe next week?
-Kerry

04/21/2026

I was tickled to be interviewed for Bham Now to help promote Kentuck!
For real everyone should apply!

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Birmingham, AL
35226

Telephone

+12056173706

Website

http://www.hereachickthereachick.com/

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