Author: Julie

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.

Elegant, warm shades of gold, copper and silver in sweeping bands. Tubular herringbone stitch with vintage European and Czech glass beads….accents of recycled African glass, brass, pewter and yes, Dragonskin Jasper. Another piece of to the MAD in New York City’s Columbus Circle.

Warming up for a day of assembling jewelry and shipping with a watercolor of Trader Joe’s lilies.

Here is another Multi-strand necklace (these are for an order going to the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC.) The colors sing back to the watercolor I painted yesterday, but that was totally unintentional. It has four gradated strands of beaded beads, recycled glass from Africa, Czech glass, amber, turquoise and amethyst. The colors…

Just put together this Multi strand necklace. The combination of blue-greens and blues, some turquoise and amber-red make an unusual balance. Warm and cool together. When worn is a twisted wrap around the neck, it almost feels like a printed scarf dotted with silky bits of color here and there.

Complements of blue and orange this morning.

I created this cuff over the weekend. I am embarrassed to  admit that I was having a hard time getting motivated to create new work. I have some enormous deadlines looming and instead of being spurred into action, I became somewhat paralyzed. I found, through talking with other artist-friends, that this is a normal occurrence….

Today I decided to draw instead of paint with watercolors. Something feels very right and natural with a fountain pen in my hands and a big page of creamy paper in front of me. I’ve started the first page of a new journal today. Last year I abandoned my journal except for quick studies and…