- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
Well, Look Who’s Back!
My Beading Muse has returned! Albeit, I don’t know for how long. I suspect she’ll hang around as long as the weather is too nice for me...
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Do You have a lot of UFOs?
I’m not talking about Unidentified Flying Objects…I’m referring to Un-Finished Objects and I have quite a few of them on my workbench at...
- Jan 29, 2022
- 1 min
What’s On My Workbench?
Gemstones of garnet, citrine, rutile and smoky quartz, coral, turquoise, jasper, chalcedony, agate, druzy, carved conus shell, and...
- 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...
- Oct 18, 2019
- 1 min
Lots Going On Here!
Lest you surmise that I’ve spent the last few weeks lounging around, eating bon-bons and drinking champagne, this should set the record...
- Jul 24, 2019
- 1 min
Frankly…
It’s just too beautiful outdoors to be in the studio right now. Thus far we’ve had a miserable summer with humid, sweltering hot weather...
- Jul 12, 2019
- 1 min
Of Course…
You’ve heard the saying “Use it or loose it” and the result of devoting the last few years solely to beading is that my metals skills...
- Dec 26, 2016
- 1 min
What Does Santa Bring a Metalsmith?
Lucky me! Among other desirable goodies, Santa gave me two hammers and a really nice steel block set inside a non-slip, noise reducing...
- Aug 29, 2015
- 1 min
A new toy to use in my metals studio!
I had lusted after one of these for some time, but a set of shaped cutters are a bit of an investment so I waited and when I saw that...
- Aug 5, 2015
- 1 min
Re-working designs…
I’ve been at my workbench dismantling the three pairs of heart-themed earrings I had recently made and reworking their designs. They are...
- Jul 5, 2015
- 1 min
Why didn’t I purchase one of these years ago!
Truly, I should have, but a drill press always seemed like an expensive luxury…one I could do without. However, I do a serious amount of...
- Jun 24, 2015
- 1 min
Like Christmas in July!
Look at the goodies that just arrived from Potter USA. I can hardly wait to play with these! There are two flower-shaped pancake dies, a...
- Jun 6, 2015
- 1 min
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...
- Apr 25, 2015
- 1 min
One cuff made with more to go!
I’ve been working along to Bill Fretz’s instructional DVD, “Basic Jewelry Hammering and Forming” and have just finished my first piece…a...
- Apr 19, 2015
- 1 min
Whew!
The cleanup of my workbench is completed and I’m ready to start creating with metal again! I’ve made some recent tool and equipment...
- Mar 23, 2015
- 1 min
After twenty-five years of metalsmithing…
My original set of disc cutters, which has served me well, has seen better days, so I’ve treated myself to the “king” of disc cutters…a...
- Oct 1, 2013
- 1 min
One of my B-Day presents was a wide-angle lens and…
That was incentive enough to clean up my beading table so I could take a photo and experiment with the lens. When I’m immersed in a...
- Jun 9, 2013
- 1 min
Goodbye Milwaukee. Goodbye Bead and Button!
The last five days I’ve spent at the Bead and Button Show have been fun-filled, exhilarating, exhausting, and awakening. I’ve met with...
- May 25, 2013
- 1 min
Delica stash…
I’ve found the perfect storage for my tubes of Delica beads. Stored upside down with the colors visible through the bottoms of the...
- Mar 20, 2012
- 1 min
There are a ton of projects on my workbench…
However, they will just have to wait. We’ve been graced with many days of unusual summer-like temperatures for this time of the year and...