Glitz and Glamour

I am loving this earring design.  This is my second pair I’ve made of this design, and I promise more like these to come.  My last pair was made with beautiful citrine rondelles.  This pair features gorgeous brilliant purple amethyst roundelles.  The color of these stones is simply amazing, and all their facets make them [...]

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Eternal Hope Necklace

I’ve been playing around with texture in my studio lately.  It is amazing the different tools you can use to create different textures when hammering silver.  The more I play, the more appreciation I get for the various properties of metal. This Eternal Hope necklace is one of my newest designs.  It’s my version of [...]

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From My Studio

Here are a few of my latest designs from my soldering studio!  I am truly enjoying my studio and the process of forming metal – shaping, heating, soldering, hammering, oxidizing.  The whole process is quite cathartic (especially the hammering).  I am thrilled with how the hammered rings on the Saturn Earrings turned out! I had [...]

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My Soldering Adventures { First Fruits from the New Studio }

Well, my new studio is up and running!  It’s been a few weeks in the making, and I still have a little bit of organizing to do, but I am quite excited about my new workspace and my new metalsmithing equipment. Here are my first few designs created in the new studio.  I’m still getting [...]

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My Soldering Adventures

Yay! I have all the equipment I need to get started with my soldering! We’re in the process of setting up my studio – an exhaust fan and lighting have been installed, and we’re going to move furniture and equipment out to the studio this afternoon! All I need now is the solder and silver [...]

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