Month: January 2015

These little earrings are an exercise in simplicity. I needed to come up with some new designs to go with my knotted and coiled necklaces, but did not want to repeat the coil/tube concept. I don’t like matchy-matchy. These feel modern and light and the subtle colors are fun but still sophisticated, matching the Square…

I’m not sure where the germs of an idea for a design come from. I have always been curious about this, ever since I did a report in Junior High School about creativity, and reading “The Courage to Create” by Rollo May in the 1970’s. This introduction is a way of getting at last night’s…

I was delighted to find out that my “Echo Necklace- jewel tones” was featured on the back cover of the February/March issue of “American Craft.” The ad is for Artful Home which has a been a supporter of my work for over seven years. I feel very honored to be showcased in this way.  Thank…

While participating in a Facebook Challenge of Jewelry Artists, I was looking through some past work. This is one of my embroidered bags which I created in 2011. It is hand embroidered with glass beads onto fabric, backed in silk. Hours and hours of work went into these bags, but I just love to make…

Dahlia study in the depths of winter.

The winter view heading south on Rt.119 from Longmont to Boulder in January.

Spiral galaxies and nebulas, in all warm metallic shades. Circular peyote and herringbone stitches with Czech and Antique European glass beads – Mother of Pearl accents. 21″ long.

This is a view, heading south and west on route 119 from Longmont to Boulder. It’s about 5:00 pm with the pink/lavender light on the snow and the blue sky fading.

This Coil necklace is inspired by the gorgeous palette of the amethyst crystal- from blue violet to plum to caramel. It’s quite difficult to correctly photograph the range of purples in this piece. It’s tubular herringbone stitch with all kinds of glass beads, amethyst, fluorite, pearls and pyrite.