Private commissions and orders/suggestions from my loyal and wonderful customers almost always inspire me. They push me into directions that I may not have considered. These fun, fruity, juicy earrings were commissioned by one of my customers at a show in Kansas City. They are whimsical, light and not too huge or too bohemian in…
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This necklace, just completed, was a kind of exercise in subtlety and restraint. Commissioned by a very lovely gallery-owner from New York City, it needed to be somewhat neutral, but interesting and unexpected. Shades of gray/lavender, charcoal, khaki, silver, plum dart around each bead in the composition, interspersed with simple Fluorite rounds. I don’t usually…
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I have taken a few years off from doing a lot of embroidery with beads, choosing to focus primarily on Peyote and Herringbone stitches. Beginning this year, I have decided to return to embroidery. It combines my love of sewing and stitching and my background in all things Textile with the amazing realm of glass…
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