The results of the 2020 Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Metals Jewelry-Making Contest have been announced and I've just learned that my...

This past week has been one that is both bittersweet and emotional.  I rode high on a cloud of excitement and inspiration upon returning...

I took a class taught by Richard Salley (great teacher BTW!!!) and learned to make the "Ketoh Bracelet"...typically a wrist guard worn by...

It’s lovely to finally have a few free days to do whatever I please! I spent several days last week making metal clay embellishments and...

One never seems to have enough. I’ve already filled three jewelry boxes with pieces I’ve made over the last twenty years – pieces I can’t...

Another present I received is a book by Barbara Lewis titled “Torch-fired Enamel Jewelry: a workshop in painting with fire”.  In the past...

that I've been using for firing metal clay for the past five plus years is starting to become temperamental.  My last three firings of...

I need a vacation badly...a get-away to repair my psyche from the stress of recent events.  B ut, since I'm still immersed and in the...

With every spring comes  a celebration  of new life.  Plants that seem to have died over the winter burst forth with an abundance...