Finding Balance

A little sneak peek of my fall/winter collection, soon to be available! (By the end of next week.)

A balance in opposites

Work lately. . . 

these can be found at Good Stock

on Etsy soon!

now available on Etsy

Just a quick peek at where my creative muse has been taking me lately. I'm finding myself working on tiny, delicate pieces AND chunky, more ornate pieces. I think it's a good manifestation of the internal tug-of-war that goes on inside of me continually: the "maker" vs. the "artist." 

Stones, Healing, Minimalism, Complexity

My head is aswirl with new design ideas. . . I find myself bouncing back and forth between a simple but beautiful minimalism and an ornate but balanced complexity. Wait. That kind of sounds like my thoughts. My hand-work is mirroring my thoughts.

Petite semi-precious stone earrings. I actually managed to photograph these yesterday. They'll be going up in my Etsy shop on Thursday.

Wild-flowers picked on a walk through Berkeley. I often go for a walk in the middle of my studio days. It helps to clear my head. Sometimes, when deadlines are pushing down on me and there doesn't feel like there's enough hours in the day, my walks feel like a time luxury. Something I can't afford to squeeze into my day. Ultimately, though, I think they keep me more focused and calm. 

Gorgeous labradorite teardrops. I did a little research the other day about labradorite and I think I better understand why everyone loves this stone so much (myself included). It balances the aura and grounds spiritual energies. It stimulates the imagination while simultaneously calming an overactive mind. (Info found here.) The times we live in require us to wear so many different hats, and not just day to day, but hour to hour, minute to minute. Anything that helps us find balance seems just perfect.

Current Work

Experiments in jewelry making. . . 

Fair-trade African ceramic beads. The brass shapes I hand-cut and then stamp. The red lines are the patterns I later stamped into the pieces.

A twist on an old design.

These earrings are part of a new series of pieces I'm making. I'm using old cookie and candy tins and cutting them apart for jewelry. All designs are one-of-a-kind given the limited availability of the tins. I love these and their "art-deco-y" feel. 

More work in progress. . . 

Steel circle earrings with stone daggers. These aren't available in my Etsy shop, but they will be available at First Friday!

Brass ear cuffs. You can get these in my Etsy shop!

Ironing, Jewelry, and Cats

Just a normal day around the house. . .




The jewelry bench. . . (it's never very tidy!)



Okay, back to work! I'm super buys these days getting ready for a slew of arts and crafts fairs I have lined up for this summer. The first to come is the Temescal Street Fair on June 6th. More details coming soon!