Gold Bug invites you to celebrate their 18th Anniversary from 5:00-9:00 PM on Friday, September 5, 2025.
- Celebrate the Opening Reception of the installation “Into the Woods”, a faux bois forest-scape bringing the outdoors inside.
- Open the visiting trunk show of jewelry from Erica Molinari, peruse over 250 unique charms.
- Sit one-on-one with the Oracular Medium, Mandy Wilde, in their Salon space and commune with the ancient Divine.
Come dressed to impress! The bubbly will be served!
FAUX BOIS INSTALLATION
Featuring the work of artist Shessie Bon, the immersive faux bois installation "Into the Woods" promises to transport its onlookers to the deep forest, where peaceful creatures abound and living beings are at one with nature.
Shessie Bon is a contemporary artist who experiments with paper-mâché and encaustic painting. She lives in the woods and draws inspiration from her surroundings.
ERICA MOLINARI TRUNK SHOW
Featured that evening, a visiting collection of jewelry by Erica Molinari edited to focus on charms and tokens. Beginning on this evening, and running through the weekend, hundreds of charms in an array of different sizes and materials will be available as part of the Trunk Show. Tokens adorned with images of animals and trees, skulls and crosses, lucky symbols and poetry, created to spark personal memories and to be worn and cherished for years to come.
Erica Molinari is a contemporary designer based in New York making fine jewelry inspired by Gothic, Medieval and Victorian styles. Her collections of gold, silver and painted enamel pieces are unique and intended to be worn every day.
THE WILDE MEDIUM
Sit one-on-one in a session with Priestess Mandy Wilde in our Salon space and commune with the ancient Divine.
Mandy Wilde is a professional Medium, Astrologer, and Educator of the Divine Feminine. With over two decades of experience in spiritual practice, she brings together classical myth, historical ritual, and modern energetic frameworks in her signature Oracular Mediumship™ teachings. @wildemedium
ABOUT GOLD BUG
In 1843 Edgar Allen Poe wrote one of his most famous stories, "The Gold Bug", a mystery in which a magic gold scarab beetle leads the way to a most incredible discovery of buried pirates' treasure... Guided by the same firelight, mystery, and love of nature as its namesake, the Gold Bug retail shop offers its visitors a visual and sensual experience that will draw them into a trove of rare and unusual wonder and send them on an inspiring journey, unlike anything they have yet experienced. Featuring over 100 artists, their ever-changing collections have something to captivate and engage nearly every palate. Whether you are looking for your next piece of statement jewelry, an embellishment for your home, or a one-of-a-kind gift for a special friend or family member, Gold Bug is considered by many to be the premier destination in Los Angeles for procuring the elegant unique.
