As I play more and more with black oxidized silver, I've found myself craving gold. For years I've collected images of jewelry from ...

A common platitude for artists is that working in a series fosters development of the work. The series may be performed in parallel, simulta...

To balance out the more complicated earrings I've been drawn to lately, I decided to whip out a few super simple pieces this week. I pul...

I'm trying out lots of new designs, just seeing what all I can do with the Argentium plus metal clay.  The latest have some soldering, s...

I've been trying to get into a groove with earrings, both metal clay and Argentium. I just keep working back and forth between the two. ...

My Argentium sterling experiments continue with simple earrings made from sheet and wire with added sculptural elements made from fine silve...

I love the fact that the shape of these earrings echoes the fuchsia design. I definitely want to expand these ideas more.

The fuchsias worked perfectly. I had feared that the fine (26 gauge) beaded wire stamens might heat too quickly and not fuse well, but there...

Finally today I was able to finish up some earrings hanging out on my work table. First up is a new design, with a domed oval set into a fla...

I just shipped out a special order pair of my Meadowlark earrings. Somebody very lucky has a spouse who pays attention.

I'm a bit sad to see my tenure as a Master Muse coming to an end. Today my final challenge tutorial appeared on Tonya Davidson's bl...

It's amazing how much time a pair of earrings can take. From the individually textured suns on the backgrounds to hand-formed branches, ...

It feels great to have a bit of time this weekend to catch up. I've made a few glass beads (eek! still can't do what I want to do!),...

Why does it always seem that no matter how many supplies I have, there's always something missing? I purchased these lovely moss aqua...

Today's choice from Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto of Growth : 2. Forget about good. Good is a known quantity. Good is what we ...

I've been working on more torch-fired enamels and earrings to set them into. Here's the first set. Hand-drawn black enamel on two la...

I've long admired the polymer clay and wire earring display stands that Celie Fago makes for her earrings. In class one time she said t...

Oh, the treasures one finds at Bead & Button! The first thing I snapped up: a silver bracelet from Andrea Guarino-Slemmons . Her table a...

Bet you thought I forgot, in the midst of my life chaos?? Slowly, but surely, I'm trying to gather all my loose ends together. It's ...

I thought I'd highlight the artists who joined me in the challenge I started. Almost twenty artists total signed on to create 30 pairs, ...