Aha!
It is always wonderful when you have an “Aha” moment about your work, and that is what happened to me earlier this week. I had been working on making these fun silver bezels. I knew I wanted to pour resin in them, as I am teaching a resin class next month and wanted to experiment … Read more
At my work bench finishing up..
To continue where I left off a few weeks ago, I am posting the final stages of the making of the birch cuff. The finishing process included cutting holes for the stones, soldering bezels to the piece, riveting all the layers together and finally setting the tiger’s eye stones in place. The final piece has … Read more
In the U.P.!!!
In wilderness, searching for inspiration to create beautiful jewelry. I really could not ask for a better place to find inspiration to create new work. There is so much to see and explore that it has taken quite a bit of discipline to keep from wandering outside when there is work to be done. But … Read more
Jewelry and Gardening
Since my show in Indie I have been back in the studio focusing on my Kickstarter rewards. The last week involved fabrication quite a few raindrop earrings, writing thank you cards, gift wrapping and shipping things out. Next week I will be working on making the last half of those pieces. I have also been … Read more
The Blooming Orchid
I just finished up this Silver Orchid Ring this morning, and couldn’t be happier with it. I want to give a big thanks to my husband for the idea of making an orchid piece. Really not sure why we didn’t think of it earlier considering how excited I have been the past month over my … Read more
Cut, Solder, Polish.
I have been working on several pieces at once lately and devised a system of doing work in stages to be a little more time effective. So earlier in the week I was cutting things out and filing them, then I spent another day soldering, and another doing finishing work and photographing. I have been … Read more
Yeah Patinas!
So I finally got around to ordering some new patina a couple weeks ago, and I thought why not explain the whole patina process. So here it goes.. After I get a piece to a final state I set up my work area, slap on some gloves and clean up my pieces to get any … Read more
Metalsmithing: A Jeweler’s Saw You Say?
Here’s the next tool of the week … The Jeweler’s Saw: One of the first tools you learn to use when beginning working in metals. When you start a metals project you will almost always begin with a sheet of metal. This fabulous tool is what you use to cut out shapes, circles and slits. … Read more
