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I am open to change. I am open to change. I am open to change. Does saying it make it so? Whether spurred by  the choices of others, the flow of nature, or just the circumstances of life, change happens. I find myself at the moment approaching the bench in...

14 December, 2009 /

Today I greeted dust on my bench pin. This is a first. Never before, in 18 years, has there been dust on my bench pin. For a metalsmith, the bench pin is the center of the studio universe. It's like the bottom of a skillet for a...

03 November, 2009 /

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...

01 September, 2009 /

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,...

29 August, 2009 /

Jewelry is personal. Jewelry is a beautiful and purposeful tool that helps us remember life's milestones, commemorate life commitments, and express personal views. This blog is one place I have expounded on that belief of mine, which is so central to my work. It's safe to say...

14 July, 2009 /

Returning to a favorite form — the box — I decided to answer fewer questions than I had in previous works in the READING THE KEY series. It was time to tell the viewer less with this sculptural piece.  This represents a departure from the...

16 May, 2009 /

Eliza Cook was a 19th-century English poet and writer, from whose words the title of this painting is taken. She wrote that it would be better to “build schoolrooms for the boy, than cells and gibbets for the man.” This is a compelling statement, ringing with...

13 May, 2009 /