Fine Silver Jewelry Video on YouTube

I just finished and uploaded a new video with some of my fine silver jewelry designs on YouTube, and I thought I’d let you all know! I think I found the perfect music for it, too, so I am very excited about it…

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New Designs for Asheville Art in the Park

I will be at Asheville Art in the Park this Saturday. One of the unique aspects of Asheville Art in the Park is that it is a local art market that gives back to the community by donating 10% of all sales to a local non-profit organization, which I think is very cool.

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Interview with Yol Swan on the Jewelry Report

Before I go on vacation (and take a break from everything but my family), I wanted to share with you an interview about my jewelry work on the Jewelry Report, which was published in two parts…

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Where Does Inspiration Come From?

If you ever feel like your inspiration took a vacation, just give yourself a break and go to a good concert, talk about the stuff that you like with a friend or other creative types, visit a bookstore, and check out other artists and designers to get re-inspired to find your own voice and style. Finding your own expression can be a challenge sometimes, but you have to remember that everything in life is a process and give yourself the necessary mental fuel to feed the creative flame!

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New Art Clay Copper Experiment

Of all PMC (Precious Metal Clay) and Art Clay, Copper and Bronze clays are still pretty new, so there is still a lot of experimentation going on amongst metal clay artists. And here is my second experiment with Art Clay Copper.

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Copper Art Clay Disaster!

Ok, my first try at copper clay turned out to be a total disaster. I am still trying to figure out why the couple pieces I fired split and broke when I quenched them!

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New Year’s Resolutions?

To quote Robert Frost on this first day of a New Year: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

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New Web Site Look Up and Running!

Today is a good day to let go of all the sad and bad things that happened this year, and to look forward to a brighter future with hope and a positive, creative attitude.

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Getting Started…

Welcome to my blog. I am glad you stopped by. I will be posting very soon about my work and some of the design ideas I am working on. Right now I am in the process of redesigning my web site, so it’s a lot of work, but it will be ready very soon. I [...]

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