So, I took my jasper bangle idea and redid it in copper, and I’m SO much happier with the results now: The colors blend better, and I think it shows off the jasper beads better too. Instead of a soldered or fused bangle, I forged the ends of my copper wire and made what almost [...]

I loved my set of 6 upcycled bangles, which recently sold out, so I’m working on another set. There is one thick bangle, and a few that involved loosely wiring together some very skinny bracelets with charms. I love the stones I’m using on this set – here’s a preview of the first three that [...]

I’ve been wanting to play with some new copper head pins I made that have beautiful deep pink ball ends, and when I received my latest goodies from artbeads to review, I knew the red poppy jasper beads would be perfect. (You can find the jasper beads and other shades of red and pink in [...]

So…. I didn’t have time to work on my one of a kind bangle designs yet, but I did manage to get some fusing done and create prototypes for several bangle styles that I hope will become staples of my jewelry line. So far, I’ve made them using three different sizes of wire (16, 14, [...]

What a nice surprise to log in this morning and see this lovely feature about my jewelry on the JET team (jewelry on etsy) blog! There are some amazing artists and designers in the JET team so be sure to poke around and look at previous artist features while you’re looking at the blog.

I’ve had an obsession with circles for the past six months or so. They pop up in almost all of my jewelry designs, and when I don’t have a new idea I sometimes make a bunch of fused circles just so I’ll have them on hand when inspiration strikes. It was just a matter of [...]

2010 is off to a great start, at least for my business. I’ve been featured on the front page of etsy twice already! Click the images below to see the full size versions, and click the shop names to see the beautiful work done by the curators of the front page treasuries. First in this [...]

I ran across some cool, very old looking bangles at a salvage store in Berkeley and had to buy them. A few weeks later, I thought of the perfect way to “upcycle” them into some great new jewelry. I left the bangles themselves as-is because I like the aged look (slightly chipped enamel over a [...]

Two of my favorite techniques to use in jewelry making are fusing and sculpting abstract shapes with wire. A while back, I was experimenting with ways to combine the two, and came up with a technique I call fire sculpting. It’s a little sculpting wire, a little fusing/melting, followed by more sculpting, and I think [...]

I’m really, really happy with how this new choker turned out. I’ve had the chunky carnelian and citrine beads in my stash for quite a while, and had strung the main part of the necklace several months ago but couldn’t decide how to finish it. Over the weekend, I came up with the idea for [...]