Private commissions and orders/suggestions from my loyal and wonderful customers almost always inspire me. They push me into directions that I may not have considered. These fun, fruity, juicy earrings were commissioned by one of my customers at a show in Kansas City. They are whimsical, light and not too huge or too bohemian in style. Though these are in a fruit-punch inspired palette, I think I will make them up in a variety of color ways for my upcoming shows, and for Artful Home.
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This necklace, just completed, was a kind of exercise in subtlety and restraint. Commissioned by a very lovely gallery-owner from New York City, it needed to be somewhat neutral, but interesting and unexpected. Shades of gray/lavender, charcoal, khaki, silver, plum dart around each bead in the composition, interspersed with simple Fluorite rounds. I don’t usually...
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I was asked to create a new Floral cuff for Artful Home. I had become a little burnt out with making my collection of “Fiori” cuffs over the last few years, and I needed a break. They take a huge amount of time and design planning. Every little element is hand beaded and created one...