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Slide Show: Better Get Your Souvenir
Slideshow: Parting is such sweet sorrow. Souvenir in Ballard is closing soon, but don’t despair: Owner/artist Curtis Steiner says it won’t be the last you see of him.
Souvenir is beloved by the curious for its curiosities.
A show of beautifully narrative paper sculpture by Patty Grazini is currently on view inside the boutique.
Steiner doesn’t yet know what his next venture will be, but it will include his rescued, often recrafted antique jewelry as well as jewelry by other artists. The cards? He is less sure if the cards will reappear. (Hint: Buy a card now; one day it’ll be a collector’s piece. A souvenir.)
The middle cases are in mourning too; they’re draped in black gauzy fabric.
Curtis Steiner is wearing a black arm band over a black cardigan. He’s in mourning. His shop, Souvenir, isn’t exactly dead, but it wouldn’t be incorrect to say it’s dying. The beloved antiques, jewelry, gifts, and ephemera shop will be closed after February 6.
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