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Do you ever look through the work at a craft show or gallery and wonder what makes you choose one work over another? Sometimes it’s all in the details. I’ve seen pieces that have a beautiful, unique, interesting pendant that is hanging on a
boring, unimaginative, bought chain or strand of beads. It just falls flat.
A [...]
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Well I just finished the first part of my Elements series, want to see the pictures? I’ll take a break from working on the series while I get ready for Kipona-just two weeks away!!
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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 [...]
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OK people, we’re about 10 days from the opening for the Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths‘ All Members’ Show at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA. This opening is going to be big, so come prepared to schmooze, peruse, and of course buy fabulous works of wearable art! (I couldn’t come up with a [...]
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I just dropped my work off yesterday for the Pennsylvania Society of Metalsmiths All Members’ Show in Allentown. I submitted a good range of my work, mostly my higher end pieces with older and new work represented. I wanted my first show with them to show a range of my work, kind of like a [...]
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Well, my patience payed off and I finally found out that I was accepted into the VisArts Fine Arts Festival in Rockville, MD this Spring. I started thinking about how when I lived in Maryland, I couldn’t seem to find many or get into many crafts events. Since I’ve moved back to PA a year [...]
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Lately I ‘ve been inspired by the Creative Everyday blog to bring more artist endeavors into my daily life. I’m trying to do more art for art’s sake (I’ve also just finished reading the article in American Craft regarding art vs design and some back posts on Luann Udell’s old blog regarding what makes an artist). [...]
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Check out this link to the Herald Tribune. I’m one of the only two named artists in the exhibition!
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Gerald Cloud, Paul Campanini, Kim Finnegan-high school art teachers
Vicki Sedman-Tyler School of Art
Stanley Lechtzin-Tyler School of Art
Doug Bucci-Tyler School of Art, responsible for my metalsmithing addiction
Eun-Ju Lee-Montgomery College, I audited her class for studio time for 3 years
Munya Avigail Upin-textile techniques in metal workshop, one of the best workshops I ever took
Nick Barnes-fold-forming workshop, also [...]
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