... love how it glows! This ring is far from perfect, so I kept it for myself, and I wear it often!

My day-job is managing a sweet little boutique that sells locally made clothing and jewellery. This means that I'm lucky enough to have an "in" for a retail location to sell my wares! It was

This ring is a proof-of-concept for a design that's been sloshing around in my head for a while. There are a few designers out there who make some variation of a 'birch bark' ring or necklace, etc. I've

Hi again! You may remember my post about the last ring I attempted with the beautiful chunky faceted rose quartz stone. I have 3 stones like this so I thought i would try making another one since I wasn't

Hi, Steemians! It's been a while! I've been very busy not being busy. And by that I mean, slashed work hours in Jan, Feb, & March meant that I had lots of time to read, make art, & play. I honestly

The final class! A view of the benches, everyone working diligently while listening to the school's owner giving a wee speech. For the final class, we were told to design our own little piece, using the

This class didn't go as well as I had wanted it to. Our assignment for the evening was to create bezel settings for two different stones- a big (10mm) one and a smaller (4mm) one. I have set stones a few

We're back! This post won't be as long, I promise. Last night was the second out of four nights in the Intro to Metalsmithing course I'm taking. It was our first class soldering, which had a few of the

Hello, fellow Steemians! I am here, showing up for one of my 2019 intentions- blogging more! Lookit me go! I thought I would talk a bit about my first class in the Intro to Silversmithing course that

I have always wanted to learn how to make beautiful jewelry. After years of indecisiveness, I spent this weekend at a jewelry workshop learning how to smith silver and set stones! What an amazing experience!

I am making little copper hands with sterling silver barbed wire to be worn as a gender indifferent brooch. Stamped with NO BORDERS protesting the current first world governments treatment of refugees

Ever since I was a young child I was fascinated with tribal artifacts, old textiles and hand wrought adornments. These things had so much soul and life. They felt alive like nature. As I got older I was

I know Steem is more of a tech site at the moment but I like the idea of posting some of my art here because I think it can offer another interesting element to Steem. Art, like technology, is a vast field

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