Happy Val, pal, and Gal-entines day!
And a belated happy new year to you! Now that the smoke has cleared from the January revelry, let’s catch up! First, I have a spectacular new assistant, Chris McDonald.…
One of a Kind
Ahoy friends, family, fans and friendly sentient robots! A happy Cyber Monday to you all! Just in case you have been Rip Van Winkling your days away in a cave…
Progress
Once again it has been far too long since this blog has been attended to. If it were my garden, the soil would be littered with shrivel-y little yellow tomatoes…
The Renegades
The Renegade Shows were a blast! We saw work by so many other wonderful and talented artists and made some new friends. Also sold a few of the new one-of-a-kind…
Snake Stories.
When we were little, my sister Colleen and I got really into Shakespeare. Sometimes our tastes diverged, like 4th grade was also around the time I got heavily into Elivis…
Works in Progress
Here are some photos of the current works in progress. Lately I’ve been making a lot of snake pieces. Most are engraved. Some have golden tongues, some will have diamond…
Back in the Studio, and Everything is New.
Its been a while since I’ve blogged, and of course a ton of stuff has happened!!! I had 3 print ads up around town at Chicago’s CTA stops. The model…
Works in Progress
Now that I’m back from Italy and fully settled in, its back to the business of smithing-it-up in preparation for the One of a Kind Show here in Chicago, December…
Last Practice Engravings
My final practice engravings!!! Week 3 I began making some of my own work on the side… Finishing those up this week in Praiano, Campania Italy! I also was able…
New Engraving Studies
Here are a few more engraving studies I completed last week, week 2 of the engraving intensive I’m working on at Le Arti Orafe in Florence, Tuscany. It was a…
Incisione Avventura!
Earlier this year I started to feel as if I had a lot of ideas I was having trouble implementing… In searching for new ways of making, I started asking…
This and That
Summer is racing by and exciting things are happening in the studio and at my retailers! A few weeks ago the Chicago Reader listed me as “Best Jewelry Artist” Chicago, 2012. There…
