It's easy to enjoy a well crafted piece of jewelry... the way it feels on your skin, the perfectly balanced shapes, the flow of the design.  Or the way the light reflects in that, one of a kind stone...you know...the stone that the metalsmith picked out 3 years ago at Tucson and has been saving it for the right design!!  I am always striving to make my work "better".  But I realized the other day..."better" and "perfect" are…

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Gotta love Christmas and the EWM "empty wallet syndrome" that comes along with it!  I ran across this video and although it's a tad bit crafty...I found his "recycles flowers" very pretty...and free!!!   Maybe my kids will make grandma  a bouquet for Christmas!!???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBmXMoI9Qus&feature=related

 

 

I don't know why I keep tinkering with the resin idea.  I LOVE the look of glass...but I can't tell you how many times I get asked if my plique-a-jour pieces are resin.  So I purchased a buttload ( that's a metalsmithing term) of different kinds of…

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"Translucent" featuring recycled school folders, will be featured in the upcoming Lark book entitled, "30-Minute Bracelets" by Marthe Le Van.  The book is set for release in mid 2012.

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I have often wondered...How does one go about selling "jewelry" made out of paper or other fragile materials???  I absolutely love the look of handmade or specialty paper...and have combined it with some of my metalwork in the past...but it definitely takes a "special" buyer to actually purchase it.  Check out the brooches made by Sabrina Meyns here on…

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I have leather enameling gloves...but I never use them. Getting tired of my thumb always getting just a tad bit too hot when I put those pieces in the kiln!!!...maybe I should wear those…

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Slip trail on porcelain with a floating glaze!!!...yummy!!!:-)

Various cups with various glazes!!!!

This oil seeping out and into our beautiful ocean by the minute makes me sick to my stomach. I think I'm going to make a piece ...maybe a flower or bird and drip some type of black rubber stuff on it....hum. Anyone else feeling the need to make a statement with their work?????

Anyone with any metal experience can appreciate this filigree car (see link)...pretty cool!

http://ning.it/9vxxPC

I recently read ...(twice actually, in different publication) that you can be a goldsmith even if you don't use gold. (Art Jewelry magazine, January 2010 issue, page 20) What????????????????????? That is crazy. I know a silversmith works with large silver pieces...bowls, tea sets and decorative items and so on. Since I only work with gold a bit and silver is a big part of my work... I don't really consider myself a goldsmith.

Also...when I googeled(sp?) it...an on-line dictionary (… Continue

You know when the idea you had for a piece is better than the actual piece...yeah...it's kinda like that...

I could not finish my ring at the workshop because I didn't have the right size drill bit on me...so I thought I would post a picture when I finished it. It's… Continue

01 Saddle Up 1.mp3 What do you think about this song...No I won't keep doing this...meaning keep posting songs one by one. My hubby only has 4 songs recorded right now. I just thought it would be a nice to get your opinion on this one too!!! I really like it. Do you think it's contemp. rock too...or country????? He did not lay down the tracks himself...we had someone to mix it for us. Is it a good mix in… Continue

Just found out that lark has accepted one of my pieces of jewelry for their 500 Plastic Jewelry Design book. How cool is that.!!! Yes... I am doing the happy dance!!!! Will try and post picture as soon as I can find it in my ultra un-organized computer!!!

I have not noticed much music on this site...so I thought I would jazz my page up with a song my hubby just recorded (literally...he just received the cd's in the mail on Tuesday (4.21.09). Anyway...I was hoping for some opinions as to the genre of the music. I am finding it difficult to put it into a category and was hoping you all could help. You can find it on the left side of my page. Thanks,
Aimee:-)