Mark your calendars to hear me live! On Monday, March 16 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM, I’ll be co-guest-hosting Signature Serenade on NPR affiliate JAZZ 91.9 WCLK. You can listen live from anywhere in the world to the broadcast via their website. As many of you know, music, particularly jazz has been a lifelong influence…
There is a fabulous George Carlin comedy routine from the 1970’s or 80’s that has always made me laugh from the moment I heard it on vinyl. It’s entitled “A Place for Your Stuff.” [You can watch it here at your own risk. Explicit language at the end.] Little did my young self realize that…
I have a reputation for making lots of art and getting absurd amounts of things done. I’m super organized and mostly on top of things. That woman behind the curtain, however, might be a bit more chaotic that I let on. In an effort to curb the stress I’ve been working at not being such…
What could be more appropriate for Valentine’s Day? Currently, I have artwork inspired by all 3 of those things and more at 3 different exhibits across the USA. CRAFT NOUVEAU: AN INTERNATIONAL FINE CRAFT COMPETITION BLUE LINE ARTS, ROSEVILLE, CA January 3 – March 7 Ribbons: My concept was to form an undulating textile-like structure…
Me: I’ve fired my boss. My son Skyler: “Uh…but don’t you work for yourself?” Me: “Yes, as I have done all your life and for many years before that.” Skyler: “So you’re firing yourself?” Me: “Yes.” Skyler: “So you’re quitting working?” Me: “Hell no. You like going to college don’t you? And living indoors? With…
The Christmas I was five years old, family friend Roddy Noll gave me the coolest, weirdest board game that quite literally changed my life and set me on my path. Without this gift and the kindness I was shown as a young child, I wouldn’t be a metalsmith, and I wouldn’t have the privilege of…
Like the line, “The galaxy is on Orion’s Belt” from the movie Men in Black, it is, in fact, possible to wear the universe on your wrist. “Like wearing the universe on your wrist” is how Jane Milosch, founder and Director of the Provenance Research Initiative and juror for CraftForms 2019 described my Russian filigree…
