Meet The Artist

 

Hey, Jazz Cats!!

My name is Michael (pronounced the regular ol' way), and I make polymer clay earrings. I worked in theater before coming to clay, and still remain an annoying theater kid at heart. I’m a playwright, sitcom connoisseur, library lover, professional car singer, avid mystery reader, and jazz history nerd. I love to read, buy books that I’ve yet to read, and buying books that I've accidentally already read. My goals include: someday having a fleet of dogs. My leisure time includes: making lists of potential names for a fleet of dogs.

My journey with polymer clay started when Miché Fambro, my beloved musician father passed. I inherited (musician kids will understand) $500 bucks and his immense record collection. I used the $500 for a bed in the back office for my Mom to come over and stay the night whenever she wanted.

I couldn’t listen to Dad’s music, but I found that I could listen to the records, and it was a nice way to bond with Dad from afar. I would listen to an album while playing with clay. Through the records, he introduced me to the deep tracks of Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Johnny Guitar Watson, so much Frank Sinatra I can’t count, underground punk of the 80s, classical, etc etc etc etc.

Listening to these albums, and every time working with clay while I did - I got pretty good by record #43, really good by #67 and by the time I got to #103, I had so many freakin’ earrings I had to figure out what the hell to do with them. So, I decided to pick up the ol’ family trade and sign up for a festival.

I couldn’t believe it - people actually were buying them. Things I made with my own hands! To wear on their body!

And now in one of my favorite life plot twists (so far), it seems I have a little business called Jazz House. I get to make cool stuff, meet cool people, and shout my Dad's name from the rooftops: MICHÉ FAMBRO!!!

I love to showcase jazz history, artists and educate folks on the masterminds of yesteryear. I hope you’ll join our Instagram community, check out the radio show (still can't believe they gave me a radio show??) and follow the jazz/earring/Miché appreciation journey with all of us cool jazz cats, ya dig?

Me & Dad

Check out Miché's music on his YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@mfambro