I am thrilled to return to making art!  It’s been a hiatus of about a decade while I dealt with life, but I am now raring to go and creating all sorts of new pieces.  I have been having fun making Story Necklaces – my original semi-precious stones medleys of textures and colors along themes like Under the Sea and Fern Grove.   I am back in the metalsmithing studio casting more flowers and leaves into sterling and bronze and transforming them into wearable art – my Organics IN Silver and Organics IN Bronze collections.  And, of course, I am playing with fire and free-form melting recycled sterling to see what cool textures result that I can pair with unusual minerals – the Organic Silver collection.  

The time away from the gems also had the side bonus of getting me started on making art in other media.  I now have three different lines of greeting cards.  Just Sayin’ are whimsical watercolor and ink drawings that have words or phrases hidden in the lines of the drawing.  Juxtaposed are thought provoking  combinations of words and images collaged together.  In a Stitch cards feature upcycled fabric samples from Fabmo stitched onto the card.  

I’ve also started painting.  Painting mandalas on rocks helps me stay sane.  Trying to learn watercolor painting has made me insane.  Life has a weird way of finding balance :-).