- Sep 5, 2022
- 1 min
I’m So Delighted!
Good Time Beading is a page on Facebook and it’s devoted to (you guessed it!) beading and bead related topics AND I’ve been chosen as the...
- Aug 29, 2022
- 1 min
Woohoo!
The second eye is done! OMG…what a difference it has made! Even dreary overcast days look bright now and colors are so vivid. It’s lovely...
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Taking My Time…
Last week flew by and I didn’t really get anything accomplished and that’s okay. Today, I’m back to designing the beading project I...
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min
Finished, But…
I did make several changes from the original layout. I had planned to add several more stones, but the piece became far too heavy and...
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
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 27, 2022
- 1 min
Do You Remember This?
I had sold out of this cute little spoon a while back which meant my “Tube Bead Embellishment” kit was no longer available. Hurray! I now...
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
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...
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
A New Colourway…
I've always loved the deep blue/green colourway of my geometrically bead woven "Loch Ness Sea Dragon III", but I recently received a kit...
- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
Gettin’ There…
I’m working on a project from Susan Lenart Kazmer’s “Unfolding” membership . Each month a new project is presented and it’s fascinating...
- Apr 16, 2022
- 1 min
A Force of Nature…
Not just another pretty piece…I want to create jewelry that has a voice and this piece definitely speaks to me. It tells me stories of...
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Back in the Day…
I used to do art fairs. That was twenty-five plus years ago. At a show in Baltimore, a customer asked if I could make a plain silver cuff...
- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
Yum…
This gorgeous collection of gemstones arrived yesterday and I can’t wait to use them in new works. Comprised of Hessonite, Citrine,...
- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Reliquiae…
I have just finished creating this multi-object pendant. It suggests a piece that might be worn to a ritualistic ceremony. I view it as a...
- Feb 19, 2022
- 1 min
Works in Progress…
I’ve just darkened this ring and two pendants in a solution of liver of sulfur. The next steps will entail polishing the sterling silver...
- Feb 12, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
Never Too Many…
Several years ago I watched an interesting documentary featuring fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. In a particular scene he was dressing...
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Working With Surface Embellishment!
Last week I watched Susan Lenart’s “On the Surface” class and I simply couldn’t wait to create usLast week I watched Susan Lenart’s “On...
- Jan 15, 2022
- 1 min
And So It Begins…
I’m beginning to sketch design ideas for my next piece. I received a gorgeous pendant from India as a Xmas present and my idea is to...