Jan 16, 20231 min read
I’m Making Up For Lost Time…
Yay! It seems my beading Muse is going to stay around for a while! After a long hiatus, she is now whispering in my ear and suggesting...
Aug 22, 20221 min read
What We Have Here Are…
More goodies to play with when I finally return to the bench in my metals studio! Dig this whopper 2.5 pound hammer from Buffalo Rutland...
Jun 2, 20221 min read
What's On My Bench Now…
I’m working on a neckpiece with lots of components. Cast fine silver twigs, fossil mammoth, shark tooth, and crinoid, along with coral,...
May 21, 20221 min read
Finished!
This project was from the March "Unfolding" course taught by Susan Lenart and the photo at left shows how the above ring looked while I...
Mar 25, 20221 min read
Going Somewhere?
I really like this pendant...it reminds me of a compass with its appendages pointing North, East, South, and West. It sports a large...
Feb 12, 20221 min read
Have You Seen...
Antique hand carved Conus shell? Berber women of Mauritania (the country's name derives from the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania...
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Never Too Many…
Several years ago I watched an interesting documentary featuring fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. In a particular scene he was dressing...
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Look at These Oldies…
Susan Lenart Kazmer brought fossils back from her recent adventures in Morocco and I was lucky enough to score these! They are the...
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Older Than Methuselah…
Having my jewelry seen as pretty things to wear is fine, but I want to impart more depth into the pieces I create. To that end I often...
Nov 9, 20211 min read
A Few More...
I've just added more earrings to my Etsy shop ! Shown in the above collection are several new pair of earrings amongst those I listed...
Nov 3, 20211 min read
‘Serenity’ - A Hollow-Formed Prayer Box Pendant
I have slowly and methodically worked on the above pendant for several weeks. Because I tend not to sketch ideas (yes, I know I should...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Ring-a-Ling...
I had been working on this ring for a while. Hanging something from the horizontal crossbar had become a bit of a conundrum. First I...
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Hot Times!
Torch in hand...I'm in the midst of soldering a hollow form prayer box pendant. Since taking Susan Lenart's Intentional Metalsmithing ...
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Carpe Diem!
Are you ready? Now’s the time to sign up...registration for the live Intentional Metalsmithing e-course is now open! Whether you want to...
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Working with “Way Back When”...
During the Ice Age Mastodon roamed the earth from the Arctic to what is now the Tropics. To hold Mastodon bone in my hands and work with...
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Something New, Something Blue...
Something red/orange too! Our weather has been so lovely that I haven’t been spending as much time in my studio as I’d like, but I did...
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Classes?
I'm frequently asked if I teach. I do write beading and jewelry-making tutorials , but aside from that, I don’t teach. However I know of...
May 31, 20211 min read
Brrrrrrr...
A week ago, it felt as if summer had arrived. With temperatures reaching close to the high 70’s I was actually able to gather my beads...
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Better Late Than Never!
The beautiful gemstones, fossil walrus teeth, and mammoth bones I ordered during Susan Lenart Kazmer’s sale on April 3 have finally...
