Valerie A Heck — My blog is about what inspires in art, jewelry, and business! I have been designing, making and selling jewelry for the past eleven years.

My Thoughts

February 8, 2009

I almost entirely disagree with a recent blog post I read about not setting goals. Now I’m not trying to start an argument here, these are just my thoughts after reading her post. I do agree you should make the jewelry or art you want to make. I never want to make the same things 100 […]

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Show & Tell from Drawing Class

February 7, 2009

Back in November I took a Jewelry Drawing & Rendering class at the Walter’s Art Museum. I wanted to share some of the drawings I made. We used paint chips from Home Depot and cut ‘stones’ out of white stickie paper and stuck them to the paint chips. Then we used paint brushes and white ink to […]

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Design Challenge: 30-Minute Earrings

January 25, 2009

So I missed the deadline for the 30-Minute Earrings book but I thought I’d share my sketches, design and directions with you. (Submissions are due tomorrow and I’ve never heard of today shipping.) These earrings are for someone with a stretched earlobe (specifically ear hole is stretched from wearing heavy earrings). The sketches above show […]

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