I made a sterling silver necklace just for me. Recently I’ve been feeling the need for some ME time. Normally, when I feel that way my go-to solution is a massage but this week I decided to so something fully indulgent, and decadent. Probably the most indulgent thing an artist
I was thinking back about my journey in silversmithing and went looking for photos of early work. I was very surprised that my first silver jewelry piece was thirteen years ago. I thought it had only been about 5 years. That was one of my Monet beads. At that time
Yesterday I came to an impasse with the silver so I moseyed over to the lapidary station and started going through my rock collection. That’s one thing I love about making this type of jewelry. If I get stymied in one area there are plenty of others I can jump
I have not been able to wear earrings for the past 15 years, at least. I don’t know what happened but one day my ears just started getting really itchy and red almost immediately upon putting earrings on. This surprised me because I have had pierced ears since about sixth
This is one of the silver pieces that I did after a friend came to the studio and gave me a demo. I haven’t decided if I’m going to sell these through my site. I think maybe only wholesale to galleries and shops and then also, in my own shows.