Evolving

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvement, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.  E.B. White

My focus has shifted recently to making enameled designs. I just love when I receive a package that has little baggies of powdered enamels inside. The enamels remind me of the candy Fun Dip. I am also enjoying finding the metals to enamel on. There are so many choices with many different patterns and textures! I am looking at metal objects differently now and wondering if I can enamel them. A gentleman friend has joined in on the fun and gave me some vintage brass washers with squares in the center. They enameled beautifully so he cut them into triangles and then machine cut some holes so I could make chandelier earrings. One should not be able to make money having this much fun! Right??

My focus has changed so now I will be incorporating engraved stones, etched metals, and enameled designs into my shop. I have so many designs in my head with little time to make them. Recently we had an awful family emergency so my thoughts have been elsewhere. Also school has taken much of my time. After May 21st, which is my last final I will be able to focus on jewelry designs and prepare for the Barbera Festival! The Barbera Festival is a fun event and I make tons of new clients and friends. I have had time to make these design pictured below and they will be listed soon to my Etsy shop.

 Did I mention I love Tensha beads?

 Metal courtesty of a very sweet gentleman friend. Flamenco Dancer earrings

 Here Comes the Sun necklace

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Art Bead Scene blog: April Challenge

I was inspired by the artwork for this month's challenge on Art Bead Scene blog and had to participate.

The artwork is Claude Monet's Walk in the Meadow at Artenteuil 1873 or 'La Promenade dans les Prairies a Argenteuil' in French. Monet painted several views of Artenteuil in his seven years of residing there. Depicted in the painting is his wife Camille who wears a white dress and holds a parasol standing by some poplars and his son Jean who is playing in the poppies.



I'm drawn to the painting's color's as well as the ephemeral quality which is apparent in the impressionism style. The colors are very similar to the color's of our spring that we are having right now here in Northern California. I am not a 'blue' person but find these blue's to be very refreshing and invigorating.

I wanted to create a piece that had movement and flow so I chose to do a cascading style necklace. I enjoyed making this piece!

I enameled some metal stampings with many different color enamels and strung different glass and crystal beads onto sterling silver circles. The necklace is finished wish sari silk woven through a silver plated chain. 

Here are a few more new designs soon to be added to my Etsy shop.

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My favorite place in the whole world

I love the University Falls and mentioned them in an interview with the Art Bead Scene Blog today. So I wanted to share these photo's because I think they might help answer the question as to where I draw some of my inspiration. My family and I have been coming here since I can remember. 

These pictures were taken two years ago. That's me to the left in the the black bikini. I'm holding my nose and "the girls" before I hit the water. My niece is trailing behind.

I'm looking forward to going back this year, and will continue every year until I can no longer make the hike.

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