Long Distance Jewelry
Do you know we don’t need to meet in person to create together?
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So much of my work is creating with clients long-distance…
Hardness & Durability
Remember the phrase, “Tough times never last, but tough people do?” A good mantra for these weeks of quarantine. Which, like most things, leads me back to gems & jewelry…
“Gia” Earrings
Studying geology, I scrambled all over rocks learning their secrets, trying to make sense of their place in Earth’s history. My jewelry creations start with the gem and how best to enshrine it.
Phoenix
Meet “Phoenix,” the third of my three new collections launching in November ~ featuring layered pieces of extraordinary gems and minerals.
Jewel of my Heart
Feelings can be so raw and hearts so tender that words are clumsily inadequate for expressing them. Our hearts break, simultaneously expanding, ushering us through a terra incognita where emotions and meaning can be more powerfully expressed by symbols.
Reflecting on our Crescent Earrings featuring Opalized Wood and White Pearls
In my life, 2019 has been all about creating anew. Even the gems used in my creations. I went into geology to drawn by the riddles of the earth…
Pools of Light Close to Your Heart
Have you heard of the “Red Thread of Destiny?” It is the belief that people destined to meet are connected with an invisible Red Thread. This thread can get tangled and pulled but it will never break. Those connected by this Red Thread will play a major part in each other’s lives, at some time, place, or circumstance – whether at a pivotal point or for a lifetime.
Dreaming in Color
For this extraordinary project, we knew that the main ingredient was extra special so we made our own recipe for creating a jewel starting with finding an elusive amethyst crystal from a fabled locality, faceting the gem, creating a design, and “painting with gems” to underscore the amethyst’s beauty.
Colorful Expressions
Colorful expressions are utilizing jewelry adorned with colored gemstones to convey self-expression and personal significance.
B.Y.O.J. = Bring Your Own Jewels
Spring is in the air bringing with it our desire for something new……We can recreate starting with your own jewelry – you know… the jewelry that’s languishing in your drawer and seldom sees the beauty of spring. Sometimes, it’s just a few tweaks. Others, a complete redo. But, you bring the jewels.
Gem Hunting while Pregnant and other Stories
In my 30's used to tell the joke, "Do you know why men like younger women? Their stories are shorter." My romance with colored gems and jewels is...
How the Law of Odds Creates Visual Power
Going from a good design to a great one isn’t a matter of luck. I met with a customer, Frances, who had two pairs of gorgeous, rare and vivid gems – yellow danburite and teal “cuprian” tourmaline. These are rare gems and great examples of their type. Both pairs weighed less than three carats…
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