Jul 27, 20101 min read
Polymer Clay with an Asian Attitude!
I'm attending a cooking class on Friday night. The menu is titled "Asian Style". Next week I'll be dining on dim sum in San Francisco's...
Jul 27, 20101 min read
A Mixed Media Collage
Mixed media...I love it! It's difficult for me to settle on one passion. Without question, I love working in metal, but the colors one...
Jul 25, 20101 min read
Torch Firing
One of the classes I wish I'd had time to take at Bead&Button this past June was the torch fired enamels class taught by Susan...
Jul 23, 20101 min read
Faux Bone Bangle
I'm really having a good time working with Faux Bone™ . This piece has a contemporary feel, yet the "old world sepia toned finish...
Jul 20, 20101 min read
Before and After
At the 2008 PMC conference, I attended one of Robert Dancik's lectures which I found to be very interesting and informative. During the...
Jul 15, 20101 min read
Marginal Error
I've finished another resin pendant. I had actually started it in a Susan Lenart Kazmer class at the Bead&Button show this past June. ...
Jul 13, 20101 min read
Steel Strength
I've been reading Robert Dancik's book , "Amulets and Talismans: Simple Techniques for Creating Meaningful Jewelry". I find it a...
Jul 9, 20101 min read
Into the Deep, Dark Forest
I've just finished another pendant which I've titled "Nature Walk". I've taken many a jaunt through our woodlands searching for ...
Jul 7, 20101 min read
Matte Finished Resin Pendant
I worked on several resin pieces today that I had poured last week. They were throughly cured and just waiting to become art! I thought...
Jul 2, 20101 min read
Deep Sea Diving
I've always been a fan of those classic 1950's movies about gigantic creatures - "Rodan", "Them", "Godzilla", 'Tarantula" to name a...
Jun 27, 20101 min read
Dollars and Sense
I'm still in the process of cleaning up my workbench. Steven helped me hang pegboard today and I'm clearing tools out of the drawers and...
Jun 25, 20101 min read
PMC Guild Annual #4
The PMC Guild Annual #4 is in the process of being printed and I've been notified that two of my submissions will be included. One is...
Jun 20, 20101 min read
Twig n' Text Resin Pendant
I've been playing with resin these past few days and having tremendous fun! Although I've used resin in some of my previous pieces, this...
Jun 17, 20101 min read
Class with Susan Lenart Kazmer and Cheri Lenart
One of the classes I took at the Bead & Button show last week was "Uncommon Objects in Glass Casting" taught by Susan Lenart Kazmer and...
Jun 11, 20101 min read
Day 6 at Bead and Button
I'm exhausted and terribly remiss in updating my blog. The wi-fi connection here is very sporadic and I've tried to post several times...
Jun 8, 20101 min read
Day 3
It's been a busy three days and, as always, I never fail to learn something new. The class made pendants and rings from their cast glass...
Jun 6, 20101 min read
Bead and Button - Day One
I'm having a blast! This was the first day of a two-day workshop with Susan Lenart Kazmer - she is a really interesting wild and crazy...
Jun 4, 20101 min read
Found Object Jewelry
Several years ago while vacationing on Maui, I strolled into an antique store in the tiny town of Paia. In a glass case there was a very...
Jun 3, 20101 min read
Earring Ideas!
What lovely earrings these Columbine would make! Visions of seed beads stitched in this shape are dancing in my head at the moment -...
Jun 2, 20101 min read
Expression Through Art Jewelry
An article about Madeleine Albright's pins and how they are used to communicate thoughts and emotions reminded me of a pin that I have...
