$275
Sun necklace
July 3rd, 2012Spiral on leather necklace
July 3rd, 2012Guinea Hen Feather necklace
July 3rd, 2012Turquoise Beetle necklace
July 3rd, 2012Native Dancer in Blue necklace
July 3rd, 2012$275
Kestrel Feather Tab necklace
July 3rd, 2012$275
Good Path Shield earrings
July 3rd, 2012Good Path Shield necklace
July 3rd, 2012This totem necklace symbolizes “The Good Path”: A reminder to seek the better way for all. A 5/8″ old ivory disc is centrally mounted by a sterling rivet to a brass backing. A wrap of sterling wire forms an eye for the beaded section with tiny sterling “liquid” silver tubes and delicate round silver ball beads. A spring ring clasp finishes the 16″ necklace.
$120
Ivory Owl Necklace
July 3rd, 2012$180
Spring Flowers necklace
June 14th, 2012June 14th, 2012
This is an antique piece of ivory from an old piano with a scrimshawed Queen Bee with her crown hovering over her. Set with tube rivets to a golden piece of NuGold metal with a sterling tube attaching it to a chain strung with liquid silver tube beads, tiny honey-colored brass beads, and blue rounds. Hand made toggle clasp. I’ll try to get a better photo up here, showing the whole piece. Made for a queen, and honoring the honey bee! This piece has sold.
Honey Bee necklace
June 14th, 2012Blue Bead Watch
June 13th, 2012Carnelian disc and Turquoise Necklace
June 13th, 2012
A Carnelian donut disc hangs with a silver band of wrapped wire in the center of this colorful , ethnic-looking piece. Two large, barrel shaped beads of amber , brought back from my trip to Africa, are accented with sterling domes on either ends. Handmade toggle clasp in sterling silver. This piece hangs at about 18. $110
Forged Sterling wire necklace
June 13th, 2012 This big, beautiful piece is carefully hand forged , combining two different gauges of wire. A large, hand made hook clasp, blends in at a front closure. A snake chain adds movement. All in Sterling Silver and hangs at about 18, laying nicely on the chest. Very comfortable and with a big statement! $300.
Honey Bee neck ring
June 11th, 2012Pearl Held in Black Fingers
June 11th, 2012Stone art
June 11th, 2012Goodie’s Soft Place
June 11th, 2012Another place to see my jewelry if you are local.
May 21st, 2012I now have my jewelry at Art on Main, in Bristol, Vt. (A nice mountain town with cool people.) I’ve been working hard to get a good sized lump of jewelry to submit. They are carrying several of the ivory pieces. If you are in the area, go check it out!
Soon, I will also have jewelry in the gift shop at Basin Harbor Club.
I’m spreading myself thin these days. Gardening, making art and jewelry in the beloved studio space here. The Kestrels are nesting over my head in the rafters, the chickens are happy and roaming about, butterflies and bees are active…. life is so sweet.
Apple
May 5th, 2012Zuni Pot
May 5th, 2012Casas Grande Pot acrylic on board 8″x8″ $100
May 5th, 2012Maori tribal earrings
May 2nd, 2012Aquamarine drops
May 2nd, 2012Ivory
May 2nd, 2012A friend gave me her old piano keys. They are ivory. I have started another line of jewelry using these pieces, combining them with sterling and brass metals. Scrimshaw is an old mariner’s traditional technique using a scribe to etch lines in the highly polished surface of the ivory. Inks are then rubbed into the etched lines and re-polished. It takes time to prepare the surface. Almost as much time as it takes to do the artwork.
Here is an informational blurb I have been including with the sale of a piece:
About this ivory:
This “pre-ban” ivory was salvaged from a one hundred year
old piano from a local church that was
destined for the junk heap.
I cleaned, shaped, and polished the keys before etching
in the old scrimshaw technique to make this jewelry.
While working with the pieces, I was reminded of
the great, sentient beings from which this
material originated, and how they moved across this
earth with their kin .
These salvaged pieces hold their essence.
I have worked with them in reverence
and sorrow for the taking of their lives..
It feels right to create beauty from their loss.
Imbued with the energy of music from an old
piano played in worship for one hundred years,
please wear these ivory pieces
and continue their life in beauty.
Casas Grandes Pot
May 2nd, 2012Blue Horizon
May 2nd, 2012Beach Nest
May 2nd, 2012Summer Rain
May 2nd, 2012Red Rose
May 2nd, 2012Large faux clock face table
March 20th, 2012Curtain Kitty
March 3rd, 2012Turquoise and Turtle bracelet
March 3rd, 2012Turquoise cuff
March 3rd, 2012The Other Camp
March 3rd, 2012Pink Waterlily
March 3rd, 2012Music on key Ivory necklace
March 2nd, 2012Written music on an old 100 year old piano key! Suspended by sterling wire wrapped segments with a grey seed bead. The rest of the 16″ piece is strung with pewter-grey colored seed beads and ends in a handmade sterling hook and eye clasp.
Imagine a special score of music inscribed on a piano key. It makes it personal!
$76
Peacock feather Ivory nk
March 2nd, 2012This peacock feather was etched on one of the larger ivory piano keys. It is riveted onto a Nugold, (a brass alloy), backing with a high polish. The piece is about 3 inches long and slightly flared at the bottom of the tab shape. Small dots are stamped in the top, just under the sterling tube which holds the tab to the sterling silver chain. All connecting pieces are securely wrapped to withstand movement of the necklace and there are no jump rings to come undone. It hangs at 16″ and is finished with a handmade sterling clasp and a silver feather charm that dangles delicately at the back of the neck. Nice from the front and back!
Here are a few views with different backgrounds. The colors are vibrant, with a metallic gold “eye-ring” in the center of the feather.
Priced at $ 120
Folding table tray trompe
March 2nd, 2012Mini eye painting: female left #4
March 2nd, 2012In the Victorian era, people had their “miniatures” painted. Sometimes just a mystery lover’s eye in a locket or on an ivory button. I love the concept. Windows to the soul, an image of the eye is very expressive. These are painted on miniature 2″x2″ stretched canvases . They come with a mini easel to display it on, but can easily be hung somewhere in a nook on a wall, from a tiny nail or standing tack. …perhaps within a cluster of other pictures.
Female left eye: #4
$36
Mini eye painting: male eye #2
March 2nd, 2012In the Victorian era, people had their “miniatures” painted. Sometimes just a mystery lover’s eye in a locket or on an ivory button. I love the concept. Windows to the soul, an image of the eye is very expressive. These are painted on miniature 2″x2″ stretched canvases . They come with a mini easel to display it on, but can easily be hung somewhere in a nook on a wall, from a tiny nail or standing tack. …perhaps within a cluster of other pictures.
$36
Miniature eye: female #3
March 2nd, 2012In the Victorian era, people had their “miniatures” painted. Sometimes just a mystery lover’s eye in a locket or on an ivory button. I love the concept. Windows to the soul, an image of the eye is very expressive. These are painted on miniature 2″x2″ stretched canvases . They come with a mini easel to display it on, but can easily be hung somewhere in a nook on a wall, from a tiny nail or standing tack. …perhaps within a cluster of other pictures.
$36
Diana’s Woman Dance necklace
March 2nd, 2012A wild woman dancer! She is etched in 100 year old ivory from an old church piano. The ivory piece is riveted with sterling rods to the Nugold (a brass alloy) backing. Silver tubing at the top has wrapped wire securely fastened to a chain of liquid silver heishi beads with navy blue seed bead accents. It hangs at 22″ and is finished with a handmade hook and eye clasp that is easy to fasten behind the neck.
This piece has sold.
Mini eye painting : female, #1
March 2nd, 2012In the Victorian era, people had their “miniatures” painted. Sometimes just a mystery lover’s eye in a locket or on an ivory button. I love the concept. Windows to the soul, an image of the eye is very expressive. These are painted on miniature 2″x2″ stretched canvases . They come with a mini easel to display it on, but can easily be hung somewhere in a nook on a wall, from a tiny nail or standing tack. …perhaps within a cluster of other pictures.
$36
Miniature Eye, #1
March 2nd, 2012I am working on a series of miniature eye paintings. In the Victorian era, people would have their “miniatures” done by an artist. Usually the work was done on ivory. A secret lover’s eye was usually encased in a locket or worn as a button.
I am painting the eye on a 2″x2″ miniature stretched canvas and including a nice little easel to display it on. It can also be hung in a nook on a wall, by a small nail or tack.
I can do custom paintings if I have a photo.
The above photo is not quite full size.
$36
Native Dancer on Brass Necklace
March 2nd, 2012A native dancer is etched on this 100 year old piano key from an old church piano. It is riveted onto a Nugold (brass alloy metal) backing. It hangs from a horizontal sterling silver tube, with wire wrapping connectors to a 16″ sterling chain. The outside of the tab measures approximately 1″ x 2.5-3″.
$100
Good Path Shield earrings
February 29th, 2012These shield earrings are completely hand tooled . Each mark is individually crafted by my hand. Very intricate. I was inspired by a Native American symbol for “good path to travel”, or “the good red road”. I love these earrings. Very meditative and centering.
All sterling silver, and the discs are about one inch across.
$70
It’s About Time necklace
February 29th, 2012It’s about time! This piece seems to go on forever…. There are some vintage clock faces, gears, old clock parts, and reproduced clock parts in an antiqued patina. Brass scrolled wire, with amber colored beads, clock hands, tree branches, discs with colorful seed beads wire-stitched on them. It’s all here, and more! A great conversation piece. It hangs at about 22″.
Here is a detail pic:
$120