Art Jewelry

From Mummies to Filigree – VoyageATL + Upcoming Online Class
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From Mummies to Filigree – VoyageATL + Upcoming Online Class

My story was recently featured on VoyageATL. Please check it out along with many other stories about my fellow fabulous Atlantans of note. It’s wonderful when living and working “outside the box” has a location where we can all safely gather. About those mummies and their metal…It’s funny how often I’m asked how I became…

Time Travel in a Fiery World
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Time Travel in a Fiery World

Even in the midst of “screen fatigue” I continue to be amazed at our increasing ability to be in so many places at once. I can’t add, “and all from the comfort of home,” with so many people displaced or under threat of evacuation right now. Just when many of us got used to spending…

Unprecedentedly Imperfect – The 1st Zoom Open Studio During COVID-19
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Unprecedentedly Imperfect – The 1st Zoom Open Studio During COVID-19

Friday was Day 14 of my family’s self-isolation, and we continue to celebrate that we’re symptom free! We’re also refusing to go anywhere for a long time to be safe and do our part. As promised, here is the recording of last week’s world-wide open studio on Zoom. Also as promised, I didn’t clean up…

Ribbons, Flowers, and Chocolate + 2020 Workshops
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Ribbons, Flowers, and Chocolate + 2020 Workshops

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…

Wearing the Universe on Your Wrist
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Wearing the Universe on Your Wrist

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…