[caption id="attachment_1760" align="alignright" width="300"] Lark Song[/caption] A quick Google search informed me that it was the legendary football coach Lou Holtz who said: "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." It sings because that's just what it does. “The...
... for these gorgeous stones! My lapidarist friend Bruce came by the studio last week. I couldn't resist a few of the yummy stones he had on hand. The huge turquoise cabochon has brown quartz mingled within, and there's an interesting stone Bruce found here...
"Tell me what it was like being married to Jamie." I listened intently to the response to come. He spoke of moments and memories he had shared with his late wife during their four-year marriage. He spoke of a young woman with a vision for a...
Are you like me? Does your birthday make you stop and think? My birthday makes me step back and take a look at my life, my work, myself. Are these things in alignment with my vision? Am I working and living each day in celebration of...
I am thrilled to be launching my very own fancy new ezine! PATINA will be heading into hundreds of email inboxes in less than 24 hours, and honestly, it's more fun that my birthday! Sign up here if you want to receive that very first inaugural edition...
The parade of client stories across my bench through the years helps to keep me engaged in my work. Each one is unique, and so worthy of my best effort to create jewelry pieces that honor those narratives. I imagine myself an octogenarian someday, in my...
I remember a time when I never sketched anything first. I just went for it. Now, call it maturity or over-analysis or just something I enjoy doing. I often begin a new piece with a sketch. Whether it will be a commissioned piece for one...
In my work, three things (at least) bring me joy. Narrative. Mechanisms. Smiling faces. Lockets include all three, and more. The very essence of a locket is narrative. The piece captures a story for the client not only with the images included but also in the design both structurally and...