Flowers!

I've been on a kick lately making these flowers and then riveting them onto bronze filigree stamps. So much fun! I've been stringing them on bronze chain, silver chain and silk ribbon, as pictured here. Working with the different metals makes pieces so versatile and visually interesting. I love how you can really mix it up, making it so easy to wear with about anything.

I've also been doing more silversmithing, which is quite fun and gives a very classy look to a finished piece of jewelry. Hopefully, I can get my butt in gear and get some photos taken of them! So much to do and our busy season is just around the corner. Okay, enough of this chatter and back to the work bench! Later!

Pleats and Folds

This technique is quite fun and certainly has a large gamut of possibilities. I'm just beginning to explore this look and hope to never tire of it's beauty. It really began with boro glass and I wanted to translate in the soft glass where it is much easier to get more movement. Here are some examples with more to come.