Glowforge, Insects, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
Cicada earrings anyone?
Glowforge, Insects, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
My desk is swarming with laser cut and engraved insects just waiting to become necklaces and...
Bones, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
Come see me today at Raven & Moth and check out my branch and bone earrings. Bones not your thing? I have plenty of necklaces and earrings with hand drawn slices of tree branches, copper and no bones!
#MarchMeetTheMaker, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
Day 29 of #MarchMeetTheMaker: Most difficult make Everything I make requires precision and a very steady hand, but probably none more so than the jewelry I make with these tiny little slices of tree branches. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but the little pieces of wood are about the size of my pinky nail. First, they are hard to hold onto while I’m drawing. My fingers get cramped! I’ve tried holding them in pliers or in a ring clamp, but they are awkward. When I first started making them several years ago, I could see well enough to focus on the little tiny details, but these days it’s harder for me to focus my aging eyes and I have had to resort to using either a magnifying lamp or glasses. But they are so damn cute! I love drawing small detailed flowers and bodies and...
Glowforge, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
These were supposed to be a surprise for someone, but I have no patience for surprises, so look what I just made! The earrings, not the mug. That one is by Mitch Kimball View in Instagram...
Glowforge, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
Less than a day from plugging it in to a wearable piece of art! #ijustwanttodrawprettypictures and turn them into pretty things on my @glowforge!!! View in Instagram...
Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook, tbt
Throwback Thursday to the year I made jewelry in grad school at SCAD. These two pieces were the most challenging things I’ve ever made – before or since! In front, a pendant with a full sphere that moves freely inside another cut out sphere that wraps around it. In the back, a small box with an irregular round shape with a reticulated lid. Opens and closes smoothly and fits together perfectly. Please excuse the tarnish. They are 25 years old and have never been...
Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
I’m wearing half of my products! Check out the wood + leather necklace collabs with Dweedlebeadles.
In the studio, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
More little wood jewelry in the works! Bees. Birds. Dragonflies. Curvy girls
In the studio, Instagram, Jewelry, Sketchbook
More little drawings on wood to make jewelry. Including a sweet little dragonfly.