My Mini Art Show Travel Memoir
Enjoy this behind-the-scenes view of my year traveling from art show to trade show and back again....
21 November, 2018
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Studio Happenings
This is how I (melt and) roll….. gold, that is.
I never tire of people bringing me little handfuls of gold. Broken chains. Old rings. Some even have their names in script lettering (yes, the 1970s happened). That amazing warm metal from the earth can be...
10 September, 2016
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A Simple Gold Ring
My friend and colleague Andrew Berry asked me a tough question once. (Only once.) Let's say you are only allowed to make 1,000 pieces of jewelry in your lifetime, he said. And you've already made 999 pieces. What would your final piece be? It might seem like a simple...
30 August, 2016
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Adventures, Accolades, and the Art of the Stretch – GMA Launches a Wholesale Jewelry Division
The winter of 2016 will go down in GMA history as the season of the stretch. After more than two decades of selling my work directly to my retail clients (custom and otherwise), I stretched myself during the last year to: put together a wholesale collection around the...
01 March, 2016
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TOKENS | The Crafted Jewelry Show – It’s time!
Dressing up my showroom for a holiday show with Christmas tunes and twinkly lights is how I know. It's how I know the holiday season has arrived. ...
03 December, 2015
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Asheville Color – peek inside my camera roll
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]My recent trip to Asheville, NC, was filled with color. Funky bricks. Illuminated tea. Neon wigs. You will find all kinds of rich color in AVL. What a cool town. Take a look at these shots from my camera roll. Hover over titled images for more...
23 November, 2015
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Thank you, Jane. | From one metalsmith to another….
Hanging from the leather strap around my anvil stump is a simple planishing hammer. It's one of many, many hammers in my studio. But, this one is in my top five. It would be difficult for me to pick a single favorite hammer, but I do...
29 July, 2015
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An 18 Karat Legacy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_6006" align="alignright" width="300"] The Bianchi Family - my client Bess is the infant in her grandmother's arms.[/caption] Decades ago, an infant American girl received an 18-karat gold bracelet from her grandmother, from Argentina. As she grew, she became aware of the bracelet, held by her mother...
29 June, 2015
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