As many of you know, I am finishing up my MFA this semester and am graduating in May. Many of you have been asking me the big question, "What's next?" Well, if you know me well you know that I always like to have a lot on my plate, so that is no easy question to answer, but I can answer at least part of it right now (and I'll post the rest soon!)One of my big goals for a looooong time has been to get a production line of jewelry together. I want to make a cohesive line of functional jewelry pieces that I can market to galleries and boutiques. Well, I am so happy to say that I am finally doing it!
I have a new line of jewelry in progress and will be launching the full product line this summer. More info to follow as the time gets closer but for now, here are some teaser shots of the new jewels! I hope you love them as much as I do!
I have a new line of jewelry in progress and will be launching the full product line this summer. More info to follow as the time gets closer but for now, here are some teaser shots of the new jewels! I hope you love them as much as I do!
A new necklace, meant to look kind of like lace. Can you guys tell I love to make chain? I do. Its probably one of my favorite things to do...you just come up with a design and then repeat...don't have to think about it, just do it over and over until you have a chain! I like it alot...except for sanding. Finishing chain is not fun. Anyway the necklace is reversible but this is the front:
And the back:
About three weeks ago I was invited to participate in the upcoming Contemporary Visions in Metal exhibition at 
The art nouveau show "includes about 120 works by the leading designers and fabricators of late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Art Nouveau jewelry. Although many of these artists acquired their skills in traditional, high-style jewelry houses, they found inspiration in the work of the Pre-Raphaelites, the philosophy of John Ruskin (1819–1900), the paintings and poetry of the symbolists, and the arts of Japan. For motifs, they looked to the flora (orchids, lilies) and fauna (dragonflies, butterflies) of the natural world and the sensuality of the female form. This new aesthetic was, in large measure, a reaction against nineteenth century historicism, industrialization, and the “tyranny of the diamond,” and these Art Nouveau artists chose to interpret nature rather than imitate it.
