Jul 27, 2020 | Only Life is More Colorful
Summer is such a bounty of produce, I ritually mark it’s end by making a fresh tomato-basil sauce on angel hair pasta and am sure to get in one more grilling of peaches. I never heard of grilled peaches before I moved to North Carolina – are they just a North Carolina...
Jul 7, 2020 | News and Events, Press
Read author Deborah Yonick’s article in Lapidary Journal (July/August 2020), about jewelry artists telling the human experience of COVID. “Gifted at telling compelling stories about the gems she works with and the jewelry she creates, custom jewelry artist...
Jul 7, 2020 | Designing Eye, Legacy Jewels, My Life in Jewels
Hanging on a rope 30 feet down a glacial crevasse, I waited as the team set up ropes to pull me out. Four days spent learning the ropes of expedition mountaineering on Mt. Rainier included lessons on extricating your partner from a crevasse. Glacial ice isn’t like the...
Jun 24, 2020 | Legacy Jewels, Once Upon A Jewel
My friend Lisa was in from Amsterdam with bags of gems and jewels she had collected over years of travel. Lisa’s jewel stash was large and varied, the only common denominator amongst the pieces was her good eye and sense of the possible. Would it be possible to...
Jun 11, 2020 | Boutique Jewelry, Designing Eye, Progressive Pairs
“I had to include parrots in my Reflections Collection,” says Cynthia Renée. “They are so full of life, love and color. They will want to be worn close as a jewelry talisman – talisman that lend support to fly, look beautiful, and communicate with fun, light-filled...
May 15, 2020 | Designing Eye, Gemstones
Looking for a story with a happy ending? Read on… Once upon a time, there was a bright and beautiful woman who became a wife and mother while working smart and savvy in finance, taking charge of her life so that she could retire while her son was in college and...
May 13, 2020 | Designing Eye
Do you know we don’t need to meet in person to create together? Let’s Visit! So much of my work is creating with clients long-distance, often via video visit. Between video conferencing, phone calls, FedEx and my shipping insurance, a busy person can bring...
May 12, 2020 | Jewelry Care
A gem’s hardness is often misunderstood by the layperson. Let’s clear that up. Watch the video, or read on for details. There is a difference between hardness and durability. Have you heard that a diamond is the hardest natural substance? It has a hardness of 10,...
May 8, 2020 | Boutique Jewelry, Designing Eye
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. I call my new design series “Gia”, alluding to...
May 7, 2020 | Boutique Jewelry, Designing Eye
With the Phoenix designs, I have layered pieces of extraordinary gems and minerals, then surrounded them with a gem-studded crown. Set in 18 karat white gold, layered slices Plume Agate from the Oregon are backed by stabilized Turquoise from Kingman, Arizona. I call...
