Dreams
Those of you who follow my Reflections of a Glass Artist blog, may recall a recent post about Lexi’s Dream.  To sum that up, after Lexi and I had our soul searching evening, she had a dream about a glass bowl.  She encouraged me to make it and I did.  You can read more about Lexi’s dream piece by following the link to Lexi’s Dream above. Now, my husband/best friend/soul mate,

The Break Through
The Break Through Photo credit ~ Daniel Krucoff This piece is the reality come to life from my 4 AM break through moment in the early morning hours of September 29th.  This stone was one of those that haunted me, trying to come up with the ‘perfect‘ design.  After Lexi and I had ou

New Growth
New Growth Earrings from my Soul Searching series, these represent my new growth as a metalsmith. Lots of different techniques here.  My first venture into Keum Boo. Keum Boo is a seriously cool technique that involves bonding very thin, 24 kt gold, to the surface of your metal.  The link I’ve given is to Wikipedia’s explanation and I think they’ve

Pathways
Pathways I enjoy the simplicity of these earrings.  They are Sterling Silver that has been textured, using a platen that has the design you see. Initially, these were round discs, about 5/8″ in diameter.  I placed them on the textured platen and then rolled them through my trusty Pepe Rolling Mill.  The compression that takes place as the metal discs a

An Artist’s Interview with Daniel Krucoff
I have some great news to share…. Dan is a Featured Artist at Whopple.com. You can read the interview here and see some of his latest photographs from our trip to Estes too. I think it provides some interesting insights into