Creativity is often an animal of waves, and my most recent wave involves enamels. Most of the new designs filling my sketchbook these days are complex metal constructions featuring an enameled focal point. I also have commissions on the bench needing enameling. And, I'm doing...
I am a novice enamelist. There. I said it. Once upon a time, I studied enameling with the amazing and talented Shana Kroiz. I share studio space with the amazing and talented Liz Mosier, who learned from the amazing and talented Linda Darty. So, I have certainly...
Covenant Relationship | 14K Palladium White Gold, Family Diamonds Jewelry is personal. Often it is used to commemorate a commitment to something. Not so much in effort to display one's choices to others, but more often as a way to simply honor a...
GMA v 4.0 - New website under construction! Feel free to look around, but please also come back to see the changes as they develop...
The story of the building of a locket - noting its purposes and the techniques used in its creation.Be it a story of love, loss or lore, folks have long used lockets to contain symbols of the precious in their lives. Building a locket is...
I remember being mesmerized by lockets as a little girl. And now, I still am. I love surprises. And secrets are exciting. Loving something enough to circle your neck with it and wear it on your chest gives strength. For all these reasons, I adore lockets. Lockets...
Update: This post pertains to Ginger's studio from 2005 - 2010. In the summer of 2010 she opened her new studio and gallery venue, featured here. Welcome to the metals studio! Messy, perhaps, but to me it's full of nothing but potential. It's a space that...
It's possible that I will have a normal life span and have already lived half of my life. Decades ago I chose a field of study, and turns out it wasn't quite the right one for me, according to our society's norms. In other words,...