Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)

Brookfield Craft Center, where I taught for 9 yrs is closing its doors. I will be teaching 2 classes at the Washington Craft Center, Ct. in July and Aug. Lyndhurst Art show was good, with nice weather and buyers turning out for one of a kind art. Look…

Here’s a sample of my new Touchstone series. This is titled Goddess Touchstone, with my original solar plate textures, and shaped over an actual stone. It hangs from fine silver shaped from a bone, with a luscious green tourmaline overlooking all. Aqua…

I find myself working in a different way. I go staight to the workbench and start to arrange colors, textures, maybe a sketch, but it’s more like creating in the moment. Very interesting way to work, and I feel like a collaborator with the materials.Fi…