Can you remember a time when you really put yourself out there? Or, maybe a day when you woke up and got busy with something for which you'd spent weeks and months and even years considering and preparing? That's what the last year has been like for me. This year brought...
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...
Jewelry is personal. Think about it. I am sure you can imagine a scene in a movie when the woman runs back into a burning house just to get the locket given to her by her grandmother when her baby boy was born. Can you see it? Well, okay. Maybe not...
As a metalsmith, I could talk metals all day. I work mostly with non-ferrous and precious metals, including gold, white gold, platinum, palladium, copper, silver, brass and bronze. I am often asked which metal I prefer and why, or what metal is best for various uses....
I have the most clever clients! Here's an email I received today: Hi Ginger! I put an earring in the mailbox at your studio yesterday. He has been missing his brother and getting lonely in my jewelry drawer. He wondered if you might be able to...
A journalist made me think today. She asked me a question that required me to think. I answered her question this morning during the interview, and now hours later I'm still thinking about it. Over these afternoon sketches I'm still thinking about what I...
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...
Nothing beats the wonder of a child. I joined two dozen other artists in my community this weekend as we opened our studios and creative spaces to our community. Visitors came to meet artists, observe creative processes, and purchase artwork. My hope is that those vistors...