As a child I had one of those Golden storybooks (anybody remember those?) with the story of the Princess and the Pea. I love that story! I remember the imagery of that storybook...
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...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_6006" align="alignright" width="300"] The Bianchi Family - my client Bess is the infant in her grandmother's arms.[/caption] Decades ago, an infant American girl received an 18-karat gold bracelet from her grandmother, from Argentina. As she grew, she became aware of the bracelet, held by her mother...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A fresh, white blanket of snow didn’t matter on the morning of one of my meetings with my client, Diana. Not a native Southerner, she didn’t assume that our meeting would be rescheduled when we awoke to the wintry conditions outside like I did. I made my way...
OK. I admit it. It was a stressful week. There's no point in going into the details. But it all made me wonder...
Jewelry is personal. Think about it. I am sure you can imagine a scene in a movie when the woman runs back into a burning house just to get the locket given to her by her grandmother when her baby boy was born. Can you see it? Well, okay. Maybe not...
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....
This morning with my coffee and morning news feed, I read an article about Fred Rogers. Today he would have been 87 years old. Happy Birthday, Mr. Rogers! He is a character from my childhood. Even now I can still summon his voice in my head, and...