Gorgeous Stones, How is such beauty possible?

New work in the Etsy Shop today.

I'm continuously amazed and fascinated by the variety and natural beauty of stones 

that we dig up from our great Earth.

My love of organic beauty has carried me forward into my artist muse of choice, 

metalwork that incorporates treasures from the deep.

Enjoy a few pieces of new work, 

as I try to emulate the radiance of the stones in sterling silver.

Thanks for stopping by ;o)

All work can be found in the Etsy Shop

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xoxoxxx

A few new designs, a few refurbished old designs...

New in the Etsy Shop this weekend.....

Enjoy your weekend!!!

xoxoxxx

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Sadness is a Blessing...

I'm finally done moving from Texas to Florida...setting settled into my studio and geared up ready to start creating again!

Oh dear bench, how I have missed you this past month.

I should be back up and running either this week or next, so keep an eye on the shop for new pieces!

I am literally bursting with ideas and inspiration...living on the beach is a blessing and a miracle for me, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

Standing in the waves of the emerald waters here, I feel giant and tiny all at the same time.  Seeing driftwood float in with the tide I wonder what other country this began it's journey from, what other human being has touched this very piece, years ago?  

I'm exhilarated and filled with a sad longing...something beautiful, I just can't describe.  

I am a happy person, but my personality type is always geared from the more pessismestic outlook on life, my music choices reflect my inner love of sadness and heartbreak.

My dearest musician lady that forever will touch my heart, has hit the nail on the head with this incredible piece.  She truely is a remarkable artist, I can personally attest to her pure and raw talent from when I witnessed her live a few years ago.

Lykke Li, Sadness is a Blessing

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xoxoxxx

RAW52 - Week 1

So 52 rings, for the year of 2011.

I am part of a wonderful group of talented metalsmiths, all participating in the Ring A Week 2011 Challenge (RAW2011)!

Last year, many participated in a RING A DAY....wow.  I wanted to join in, but knew I could never make a complete piece of jewelry every day due to my schedule.  So this year when I heard about the RAW, I knew that this was actually feasable for me to accomplish.

I will be blogging about my progress, but you can find the official blog HERE

So without further ado, I present my RAW52, Week 1

I have brought back my popular Hammerhead Series

This one has a lovely Laguna Saginite

Oxidized and rusticated to perfection

Tumbled for brillance



In a glorious size 8

Available this evening for purchase in my Etsy Store!

new beauty...

Custom piece for a lovely lady from Finland using her incredible Ocean Jasper cab ;o)

and the landslide brought me down...

What began as a horrible disaster, has become one of my favorite new pieces!

This piece began with my intentions of soldering a little pyramid of the tiny silver balls, but turned into a horrible mess when my hand shook, and my soldering pick swept the whole pile over right when they were at the perfect temperature to connect properly. It was actually quite beautiful in a way, this little mini landslide of molten red-hot silver balls, cascading off of the perfect pyramid I had painsakingly stacked. After quenching my mess, and taking a second look, it really began to look planned this way, sort of a controlled chaos...so I went with it, and now I plan on trying to repeat it again!

"I took my love and I took it down

I climbed a mountain and I turned around

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills

Well, the landslide brought me down."

available in The Shop now ;o)

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EtsyMetal Challenges...

check out my fantastic team at the Etsy Metal Blog for the beautiful pieces created for two recent challenges!

Etsy Metal Monthly Challenge - August

Etsy Metal Project Runway Challenge - Season 8 Episode 4

so, forgive me for asking...

but how am I supposed to get ANYTHING done with THIS thing in my way and all over my stuff?

her name is Louise...and I SUPPOSE that I can SOMEHOW make do with her here.

*GRIN*

berry crunch

Gorgeous Ocean Jasper from Madagascar, truely incredible, never seen anything like it!

Reminiscent of berry crunch cereal in the mornings...colorful splotches of muted marshmallow color, swimming around in my leftover milk.

In the Etsy Shop tonight!

soft and peaceful...

posted to the shop today ;o0

soft waves of lilac ocean, set in sterling silver and surrounded by a little solar system of it's own.

soft pink desert rose, with windows to its soul cut-out on the underside.

enjoy your lazy sunday, i know that i am, although it's far from lazy ;o)

on the way-side

i've been so busy lately, working on several custom orders (thank you dearly Erin of HauteHardware and Mary and Lina ;o) )...but i had to pause a glorious moment to catch my breath (while varnish dries, and shiny silver tumbles in the tumbler) to post some of my work that has been on the way-side lately.

samples of my self-teachings of electroforming...getting better slowly, but sure enough ;o)

just a couple fun rings, will be added to my etsy shop soon

gorgeous turquoise


scrumptious fossil coral....fun little blossoms for your finger ;o)


until soon, i bid you adieu

custom-o-rama

lately i have been inundated with custom orders...it's truely been a blessing. a WHOOPING thank you and HUG for all those that have partaken in the goods ;o)

now, throughly immersed in the site updating, shop updating, new photo design, new technique trial-n-errors in the studio, show planning and partaking....i'm IN THE MODE, as they say.

for now, bewilder yourself with a few photos of my custom pieces, most flew out the door before i had a chance to whip out my camera!

turquoise plaything...

my latest from this weekend...now in my etsy shop ;o)

newest addition

i decided to name this series Ailette.

this series began as a dream (as described in the previous post), and as these rings took shape beneath my fingers, they reminded me of some sort of battered and beaten, yet still beautiful medieval armour.

some google research later...the word ailette reached out to me and stuck. an ailette, is a typically flat portion of armour, used to protect the shoulder region...although there is some argument as to whether they actually enhanced protection to the neck, or were purely used for decoration purposes.

they are now posted in my etsy shop!

the beginning of the 5 circles

so the other night, i had an intense dream wherein 5 dots kept re-occuring to me, for a some important reason wholly unbeknownst to my little brain.

i fully understand that some dreams mean completely nothing...but from certain experiences (which i will never forget), i most definitely do believe that some dreams have meaning, and that they should be perfectly clear to us but our minds are so trained to this earthly reality...most of us cannot see past this.

this is the first of my series of the 5 circles...another ring is halfway completed lying impatiently on my dirty bench.

as soon as i can get some good daylight this weekend, better pictures will appear and will be for sale on my etsy site!