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A journalist made me think today. She asked me a question that required me to think. I answered her question this morning during the interview, and now hours later I'm still thinking about it. Over these afternoon sketches I'm still thinking about what I...

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...

Not too long ago, I noticed it was raining on my bench. After a severe creative drought, the muse finally returned. And now, there are sparks flying! Stay tuned, sign up for the email updates if you haven't already. This blog will soon be red hot. What does...

The studio has been stagnant lately. We've been steadily doing repairs and plugging away on cool commissions, but the muse must be sleeping. I know that if the muse didn't nap from time to time, I'd probably be exiled or buried by now. The constant thrill...

During the drive to Quirk Gallery in Richmond, Va., last week, fellow metalsmith Tara F. and I talked about the nuances of the creative life, or, the duties of having been created creative. Quirk Gallery is a fine contemporary craft gallery presenting wonderful work in a...

When a baby is born, we count. Ten fingers. Ten toes. All is well. At this point, no one knows what will become the function and purpose of those fingers and toes. Will those hands become the hands of a plumber? a chef? a nurse? a...

There is a wall in my home studio where I find myself displaying quotes or images that inspire me. There are words there from Louis Armstrong, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Madeleine L'Engle and my dear grandmother, to name a few. I wrote directly on...