Can you remember a time when you really put yourself out there? Or, maybe a day when you woke up and got busy with something for which you'd spent weeks and months and even years considering and preparing? That's what the last year has been like for me. This year brought...
Hanging from the leather strap around my anvil stump is a simple planishing hammer. It's one of many, many hammers in my studio. But, this one is in my top five. It would be difficult for me to pick a single favorite hammer, but I do...
As a metalsmith, I could talk metals all day. I work mostly with non-ferrous and precious metals, including gold, white gold, platinum, palladium, copper, silver, brass and bronze. I am often asked which metal I prefer and why, or what metal is best for various uses....
When I work with my clients to capture their personal narrative in a piece of jewelry, I never know what might come up. This next one is a great example. Having relocated to another part of the country, my client is having a friend send me a box...
If I say: "finishing each other's sentences" "food for the soul" and "flash mob" ...
As I begin making a new locket in the studio, I thought I'd pull back the studio curtain and share some behind-the-scenes moments of my making process. Welcome to Day One! ...
I remember a time when I never sketched anything first. I just went for it. Now, call it maturity or over-analysis or just something I enjoy doing. I often begin a new piece with a sketch. Whether it will be a commissioned piece for one...
Piercing underway. Next up is fabrication, patina, and photo shoots. The Lavaliere show happens in one month!...