Jun 6, 20151 min read
The latest from my workbench…
I’ve just finished a somewhat ambitious project…a very large pendant measuring 65mm in width by 130mm in length. The substantial disk...
Jun 3, 20151 min read
It's at you local newsstand now...
I've just received an issue of "Easy Metal Jewelry - 30 Simple Metal Jewelry Projects", a special edition presented by Step by Step Wire...
May 31, 20151 min read
Creating hollow forms on the hydraulic press…
It’s something I haven’t done in quite a while. I’ve had my hydraulic press for over twenty years and when I first acquired it, I worked...
May 28, 20151 min read
Woohoo!
I've just received notification from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads that my "Sea Dragon Wrap Variation" and "Mermaid Cuff" have made it...
May 19, 20151 min read
I have only one…
Instead of taking classes, I'm watching jewelry-making and wire-working instructional DVDs and I’ve ordered quite a few of them recently....
May 10, 20151 min read
I’m sorting through my Found Objects drawer and…
As I have time, I’m assembling collections that will contain many elements! Game pieces, dominoes, dice, drilled shell beads, wire cages,...
May 4, 20151 min read
What's on my workbench today...
Fine silver cast twigs, sterling silver wire, drilled pebbles and nuggets of pyrite...I'm sorting through and selecting the pieces that...
May 1, 20151 min read
Sometimes you make beads that you just can’t bear to part with…
You add them to your stash and save them for a future piece that you have in mind because they’ll be so perfect for it! And then you go...
Apr 28, 20151 min read
I'm so pleased!
Issue 19 of "Bead Me" digital magazine is out and I'm so pleased to have an article featuring my mixed-media and beadwork included!...
Apr 14, 20151 min read
Only six are available...
While organizing my studios (I’m still not finished!) and sorting through trays of beads, I took time to assemble a collection containing...
Apr 8, 20151 min read
It’s like Christmas in April!
I can’t believe the “treasures” I’m rediscovering. while cleaning my metals studio. I've already sorted through the Delicas, seed, and...
Apr 3, 20151 min read
At the moment...
I’m a bit overwhelmed. Assembling the six new storage cabinets was the easy part, but sorting out my collections of beads,...
Mar 20, 20151 min read
Beads from my "Treasure Trove"...
Last week I told you about finding a box of polymer beads I had made several years. The mixed media piece above uses several of those...
Mar 18, 20151 min read
I just couldn't resist!
Having put beading aside temporarily while working with polymer clay and metal, I haven’t placed an order for beads in several months,...
Mar 1, 20151 min read
I finally “bit the bullet”!
I had been coveting an Ezel Beading Pal for the longest time. The folks who make the Beading Pal had a booth at last June’s Bead and...
Feb 11, 20151 min read
Lucky me!
I’ve had a second project accepted for publication by Interweave Press! The first project accepted was my “Sea Flower” Pin/Pendant, which...
Feb 1, 20151 min read
More from the archives...
Turn on the Way Back machine…I found another tutorial from “way back when” while rummaging through my computer files. I designed the ...
Jan 30, 20151 min read
More hours in a day...please!
Often the business end of art takes far too much time away from the hours required for the creation of art. I have been dying to work in...
Jan 26, 20151 min read
From the archives…
I had totally forgotten this tutorial! I discovered it while going through files on my computer and there it was…”Cleo’s Serpent Hoops”...
Jan 15, 20152 min read
Ready to go!
When I go on vacation, it's imperative that I have a project to work on. I get so bored if I'm just passing time...I am a maker and I...
