Three gifts from nature and progress on my Paper Covers Rock neckpiece

This morning I went for a walk with a friend and discovered a new part of my neighborhood that is connected to parks and nature. Along the way, we passed a wild rose bush, and I had to pluck a fragrant blossom (1). We ended by the beach where we found some feathers, and I [...]

Clarity: four things I know to be true about jewelry.

First true thing: I know that I just want to make tiny little objects that women put on their bodies to signal to the world the ideas they have about their inner selves.
Second true thing: I make my jewelry for women, but I wouldn’t call it feminine. What is femininity anyway?
Third true thing: if fine [...]

After Voulkos ring

I remember the first time I saw Peter Voulkos’s ceramic work. It was raw, sensual, almost violent. I was working as a painter, moving from portraiture into non-objective painting, and building up layers of paint on canvas that was almost sculptural in effect. Years later I find myself fascinated by polymer clay—the stuff of hobbyists [...]

Works in progress: 061008

1. ring of polymer clay and oil paint. 2. focal bead (for the Chado neckpiece). 3. large green beads (for Paper Covers Rock neckpiece). 4. small green beads, medium brown beads, and focal bead (for Chado neckpiece); huge brown beads and cement beads in progress (for Paper Covers Rock neckpiece).

Notes from the Studio: Music & Meaning

Working on Quiet Evolution a neck piece.
Listening to Notes Bob Humid’s, “No. What You Really Need Is a Female Black Zen Buddhist President”

Today in the studio: Beadmaking & Decorating

Here is a picture of the dining room. I need to finish the two side chairs, then I’ll put tall, white bookcases behind the four dining room chairs.
I’m playing around with cement, and I made a study of a large, mixed media bead. That bead is approximately 8″ (25.4 mm) in circumference. When I work [...]

Notes from the Studio: Go big or go home, Felix Laband, and a Community Project

Yesterday P & I saw Sex and the City. The fashion was fabulous (but of course) and the jewelry was inspiring. I was a bit disturbed by some assumptions in Charlotte’s Mexico scene and Miranda’s apartment hunting scene. Those things aside, Sex and the City–the movie was campy, good fun.
Months ago, I wrote about [...]