I’m thrilled to have my artwork exhibited in Contemporary Studio Jewelry in Georgia, along with Lola Brooks, Kat Cole, Nikki Coupee, Donna Aquino, Abigail Heuss, Ashley Buchanan, Jeemin Jamie Chung, J Taran Diamond, Ben Dory, Ricky Frank, Debra Lynn Gold, Shaunia Grant, Xinia Guan, Dierra Jones, Christina Lemon, Barbara Mann, Charles Pinckney, Mary Hallam Pearse, Jay Song,…
Feeling Overwhelmed? Engage with something real! When I’m stressed and juggling 4000 different things, and most of the things I’m juggling are digital, I ache to be making things with my hands. I’ve learned the hard way to make time every day to engage with beautiful things to wear, read, and make. Plus learning new…
See my recent artwork in 2 exhibitions that open very soon! Contemporary Studio Jewelry in Georgia I’ll be at the opening on November 13 at 5:00 EST in Statesboro and would love to connect with you! And The Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Exhibition Alas, one trip to Seattle this fall was all I could swing,…
A year in the making, and my experimental perfume bottle Femina is finished! I so love objects that can only have been made a certain way, and this piece definitely falls into that category. Begun as two halves that were hydraulic die formed, I created all detail by hand via Eastern repoussé. As with everything…
Who’s the dream client, you ask? I’ll tell you all about her, but first a word from our sponsor (me!) about genie bottles, and hinged boxes, and lockets (oh, my!)… Rauni Higson, MBE and I are teaming up to co-teach a very special course on how to combine Eastern repoussé with silhouette dies in a…
If you’ve ever taken a beginning figure drawing course, odds are the instructor had you do a blind contour drawing in which you look at the person you wish to draw (or in a mirror) and not at all at your paper. You’re also not allowed to lift the pen or pencil off the page….
“Too much of a good thing is wonderful” – Mae West Coco Chanel got it wrong when she suggested women should go for the ‘less is more’ approach. Watch a scene of a woman getting ready for an evening in any costume drama or classic movie, and one of the defining things she’ll put on…
