Red This Ever Gear Wedding Rings

September 9, 2009

  These wedding bands + engagement ring were created for my very, very wonderful friend Roy Retrofit and his wife-to-be Ada Ruiz. They are members of the Baltimore synth-pop band Red This Ever. When they told me they were getting married and presented the concept of creating an engagement ring based on a hose clamp […]

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Teaser for my Recycled Materials in Jewelry Book – Location Shots

September 8, 2009

     In addition to including photographs of the jewelry being worn on a model for my book, I have created digi-sketches of all the materials used to make the jewelry. The materials have been photographed out + about where they were ‘found’. I thought taking them outside would make it a bit more interesting […]

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Jewelry Studies with Cable Ties

August 31, 2009

       These are a couple of studies I recently completed using cable ties to make necklaces. I’m loving the colours and patterns you can produce with them. The final piece I created is a very dramatic and 3-dimensional collar but I will save it to share in my upcoming book on found objects/recycled […]

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Metalwerx Last class – Finished Projects

August 25, 2009

THANK YOU Lisa, Elaina, Danielle, Ann, Kristin + Donna for such a wonderful time. I wish the class with you gals was a longer it was such a pleasure working with all of you, so creative and so eager to gain as much knowledge as possible. So glad that many of you will be continuing […]

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Teaser for my Recycled Materials in Jewelry Book

August 23, 2009

Here are some teaser photos I took myself to blog for you to check out. I will be having these properly photographed in Manchester next month, along with all the other new work I’ve been creating. The top is a ring in sterling silver + plastic from faux flowers. The bottom image is a detail […]

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Basic Jewelry Course at Metalwerx, Week 2

August 11, 2009

Ahhh, I love working with students who are picking up a jewelers saw for the 1st time. It brings me back to when I was first learning, breaking saw-blades left + right with my impatience to get things cut out. No, there isn’t a tiny band-saw to do this work you have to cut it […]

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Jonathan Keenan Photography Manchster, UK

August 5, 2009

Jonathan Keenan is a professional photographer based in Manchester, England who has been photographing my jewelry for my website since 2004. I just LOVE Jonathan’s way of working, very relaxed and super professional. Jonathan also did all the photograph’s for the “Architectonics: Foundations in Jewellery” exhibition that I curated with the Manchester Jewellers Network in […]

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Jewelry Basics Course at Metalwerx – Week One

August 4, 2009

The first of my four week Basic Jewelry Pendant Class at Metalwerx in Waltham was last night. I met 6 lovely women who after last night’s introduction I believe are hooked! I love working with newbies and seeing the excitement on their face when showing them all the tools and processes of jewelry making. This […]

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More Inspiration: Art in the Park – Elm Park, Worcester, MA

July 29, 2009

The Art in the Park event in Worcester Mass. is back! And I tease you not it is even BETTER than last year. Last year the event was hit or miss but this year I don’t think there is one sculpture that I don’t like. All of the work this year is made to withstand […]

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New Website : www.heatherskowoodjewelry.com

July 24, 2009

I’m VERY pleased to announce that I have a new website up at www.heatherskowoodjewelry.com!!! This site has much much more than my previous website including a page dedicated to my commissioned jewelry, a page for my new recycled jewelry, and page for the latest news about my jewelry including my blog. Plus, the site has […]

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