August’s Artist of the Month–Leah Piken Kolidas of Creative Everyday

As you can see, I’ve added a new page to my site, Artist of the Month.  Here I will have info on an artist who I may choose for any of a variety of reasons, but usually because I enjoy their work.
August’s Artist of the Month is Leah Piken Kolidas of Creative Everyday.  Over the [...]

Albert Paley Rocks!

I was in Cleveland this past weekend for a baseball outing and apparently everything in Cleveland “rocks!”  (Thank you, Drew Carey).  So I couldn’t resist using that in the title because my stepmom found an unexpected Albert Paley gate
 at the botanical garden there.  It’s pretty weird because I was only telling them on the ride to Cleveland that [...]

One Month to Kipona

I’m going away this weekend for my somewhat annual baseball trip with my dad, but I wanted to remind everyone that it’s one month to Kipona.  It’s over Labor Day weekend in Riverfront Park in Harrisburg, PA.  I hope to see you there.
I will be announcing closer to the event a special promotion I will [...]

Skull-A-Day

My bottle-cap skull got onto Skull-A-Day, but I’ve behind in checking the site out and found out it was posted a week ago!  It is a really cool site, especially if you love skulls, but it is also interesting to see how many different pieces can be made with one theme in common.

Selling vs. Following Your Creativity

Lately I’ve run into the conundrum we all face as artists, but perhaps more so as craftspeople.  Should I make work to sell, or should I make the work I want to make?
In a perfect world this would be the same work, but this isn’t a perfect world is it?  I’ve gotten mixed messages about [...]

Businesses Supporting Artists

I was reading the Sunday paper this morning and lo and behold there was an article in the Business section about supporting local artists.  Here is the article from the Lancaster Sunday News.  The point of the article was basically that historically there have been art patrons from the wealthy and ruling classes, so why [...]

Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Ok this is really unrelated to my blog, but you really have to check out Joss Whedon’s Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.  It’s only up until 12 midnight tomorrow, Sunday July 20th so you better move fast!  It’s in three parts and only about 45min long in total, but so worth it.

Working in a Series

Why do we as artists sometimes choose to work in a series?  Sometimes artists never have intentional series, but instead work through different periods in their careers.  In the jewelry world there are a lot of production series or lines, but working in a series doesn’t always have to be about production.
As you know by [...]

Elements Unveiled

Here are pictures (finally!) of my next two pieces in my Elements series, Air & Earth.  Earth uses nickel, brass and serpentine, while Air is made of sterling silver and graveyard plume agate.  As you can see, I’ve changed my design more with Air and I’ve made more substantial chains for both of these.  I still [...]

Breaktime.

I just wanted to take a fun break to show you guys my…dog!  His name is Apollo and we took some great shots of him, hopefully this will make you smile.