Yay! It seems my beading Muse is going to stay around for a while! After a long hiatus, she is now whispering in my ear and suggesting...

More goodies to play with when I finally return to the bench in my metals studio! Dig this whopper 2.5 pound hammer from Buffalo Rutland...

I’m working on a neckpiece with lots of components. Cast fine silver twigs, fossil mammoth, shark tooth, and crinoid, along with coral,...

This project was from the March "Unfolding" course taught by Susan Lenart and the photo at left shows how the above ring looked while I...

I really like this pendant...it reminds me of a compass with its appendages pointing North, East, South, and West. It sports a large...

Antique hand carved Conus shell? Berber women of Mauritania (the country's name derives from the ancient  Berber  kingdom of  Mauretania...

Several years ago I watched an interesting documentary featuring fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. In a particular scene he was dressing...

Susan Lenart Kazmer brought fossils back from her recent adventures in Morocco and I was lucky enough to score these! They are the...

Having my jewelry seen as pretty things to wear is fine, but I want to impart more depth into the pieces I create. To that end I often...

I've just added more earrings to my Etsy shop ! Shown in the above collection are several new pair of earrings amongst those I listed...

I have slowly and methodically worked on the above pendant for several weeks. Because I tend not to sketch ideas (yes, I know I should...

I had been working on this ring for a while. Hanging something from the horizontal crossbar had become a bit of a conundrum. First I...

Torch in hand...I'm in the midst of soldering a hollow form prayer box pendant. Since taking Susan Lenart's Intentional Metalsmithing ...

Are you ready? Now’s the time to sign up...registration for the live Intentional Metalsmithing e-course is now open! Whether you want to...

During the Ice Age Mastodon roamed the earth from the Arctic to what is now the Tropics. To hold Mastodon bone in my hands and work with...

Something red/orange too! Our weather has been so lovely that I haven’t been spending as much time in my studio as I’d like, but I did...

I'm frequently asked if I teach. I do write beading and jewelry-making tutorials , but aside from that, I don’t teach. However I know of...

A week ago, it felt as if summer had arrived. With temperatures reaching close to the high 70’s I was actually able to gather my beads...

The beautiful gemstones, fossil walrus teeth, and mammoth bones I ordered during Susan Lenart Kazmer’s sale on April 3 have finally...