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Here’s another experimental piece I recently completed. I have been focussing on creating movement and dimension in my pieces. This piece merges a free form bead weaving- in terms of color and size of beads, with the flexibility of a wire armature. I am using soft Sterling silver wire that has been hammered and oxidized….

Wonderland Lake, my back yard, in Boulder. Though much is just a dun-colored wash, the sun going down paints a purply pink glow on the foot hills and reflection in the water.

This is a long, (56″) necklace that loops around the neck two or three times comfortably, with a clasp closure. It’s inspired by the beautiful glass work of Mira Woodworth- and those gorgeous tones of jade, celadon and gold. It has 16 beaded beads interspersed with brass, jade, prehnite, turquoise, etched glass and amazonite .

I am inspired these days by drawing what I see. Though the snow is gone right now, it’s still very much winter.

In November, I was in Nepal for a free-lance design job- working on sweater designs with the knitting artisans who lived in Kathmandu. While I was visiting, I was able to go to a few Buddhist shrines within the city. This beautiful entranceway to a shrine at Swayambhu was filled with jewel tone colors- especially…

This is a view from hiking in the hills outside of our friends’ ranch in Wyoming in the Gros Vent Wilderness. I long for those lush green hills right about now.

I have been on a quest to make my beadwork move in space, like a sculpture rather than a flat piece of weaving. Today I finished this cuff, which I name after the Animas River, near Durango in Colorado. I feel like this cuff can be re-interpreted in many ways and colors, and would like…