The latest from the folks at Etsy Metal - A challenge that paired two artists who made portraits of each other - in jewelry. http://etsymetal.blogspot.com/2010/07/work-of-art-challenge-episodes-12-3.html

"Why don't you make nice jewelry that normal people can wear?" My mother-in-law is generally a sweet person, but our jewelry seriously disrupts the balance of her universe. We don't have the heart to let her

know that we actually find this amusing. Instead we made these, as a sort of offering/sacrifice. Unfortunately, we did not anticipate the law of unintended consequences, as this gesture simply reinforced her…

One of the cool things about handmade items is that there is almost always a story behind the piece. Take this pendant, for example. It’s made of Biggs Jasper, which comes from Oregon. We have been prospectors and rockhounds for many decades, and collected the rough used in this pendant in the late 1970’s. You generally have to get pretty far off the trail to find anything good when you’re…

"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art."

Andy Warhol

Made entirely of bench scraps in less than 15 minutes. 2Roses is upping the ante for those times when you just don't have 30 minutes.