Saturday at 1:30 pm, I finished up my artist’s residency. Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy! 🙂 This weekend I taught the last of my eleven jewelry classes at the Gilpin County library. Having a class each Saturday morning throughout the summer was really great–I love taking classes, and teaching was almost as much fun as learning. I’ll admit, at […]
Just listed another creation in my shop–a copper Tree of Life necklace, with agate gemstones for leaves and a little bird perched in the branches. It hangs on a leather cord with a handmade copper clasp. Early this morning a couple of owls called to each other outside our window for quite a long time. […]
Here is a pair of arrowhead-shaped swirl earrings I made last night in my studio. After forming them from sterling silver wire, I hammered them to add texture and a reflective glint. They have a mazelike/Mayan/funky modern feel to them, do you think? Find them here.
Just posted this new item in my shop–a handmade cord burning box. David and I made the box from unfinished pine, and I whittled the edges with a carving knife. I finished the box by rubbing it in natural tung oil, which preserves and highlights the wood. You can find this box in my online […]
These almost-summer days are full to bursting. The weather has changed, and suddenly we’re soaking up these amazing days from sunup (4 am) to sundown (after 9 pm). Yesterday in Boulder it was 100 degrees, and back home in the mountains, an unbelievable 80 degrees. In these last few days before David comes home, we’re… […]
