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

I must have been very good this year because Santa was extremely generous.  I’m a very lucky gal - he brought almost everything I had on...

Curiosity, and great expectations - like a little child, Peek seems to be pondering what might be inside those packages!  She doesn't...

While visiting Cedarburg, WI several weeks ago, I stopped in the antique store on the second floor of the old woolen mill (known as...

Taking a break from hammering metal for a bracelet in the making, I ventured to the kitchen to make a cup of tea.  And what did I find...

And I've updated my designer pattern to include both versions of the bracelet! The latest variation is primarily bead woven and does not...

And I'm perusing it in-depth trying to decide which classes I’d like to take.  More than 600 classes are being offered June 1 through 10....

They can turn a plain beaded bracelet from ordinary to stunningly artistic!  They can add zing to an otherwise uninteresting necklace. ...

and I am just getting back to working on it now.  Its tentative title is the “Op Art” cuff, a reminder of the 1970’s art movement that...

Textile art was the medium I chose for my first foray into the arts and crafts arena.  I started weaving and knitting in the 1970’s and...

I’ve just finished editing the “Belles Fleurs” pattern and I’ve assembled kits in seven lush colourways!  The finished bracelet is shown...

This is another brooch from my “Antiquities” collection.   A tortoise carved in bone is the focal object of the piece.  It is accompanied...

There are often reflective surfaces to deal with and, because most pieces of jewelry are not flat, there is the challenge of the image...

My space always seems to take on a life of its own.   Looking at this photo it’s difficult to believe that a day ago my beading studio...

It’s a perfect marriage of materials.  Both can be molded, sculpted, and carved with ease.  They can be worked flat or made into two or...

Well, they are in my studio.  I’m in the process of sanding and refining a grouping of bronze metal clay star embellishments that will...

When she visits me, I seldom know what to expect.  Sometimes she grants me an idea and I run with it and the idea grows and often morphs...

In this case, it’s bronze.  With the onset of our winter-like weather in the Midwest, I’m dreaming of a tropical climate.  My memory...

Has whetted my appetite to make more projects that will combine beading, polymer and metal clays, and chain maille techniques.  I love...

It just seems to go with everything in my Fall wardrobe.  I basically wear black, brown and gray, and this piece compliments it all! ...