I have been engrossed in this wonderful website Phantasaphile. It curates all sorts of contemporary-ish art that celebrates the occult. One of my favorite artists I found there was Hunter Stabler. Totally amazing graphite drawings and cut paper. 

Here is a sampling of new pieces I’m making for Valentine’s day, as well as new pieces for 2012. A fellow River Arts Districter Alex Greenwood made these glass pieces for me. I hope to be able to learn how to do them myself someday. I’m experimenting with filling them with different herbs.

Come see my work in February at Desert Moon Designs for a special Valentines Day Jewelry Show! I will be hanging out in the gallery during the 2nd Saturday reception on February 11th, as well as demonstrating during Depot Street’s “Third Thursday” event on February 16th!

It feels so wonderful to be at home, watching the snow today and planning my collection for 2012. Over the last month or so, i’ve been collecting images that I know will be helpful when I’m designing. Here are a few of them. I’m particularly drawn to these wall pods by ceramicist Alice Ballard. I saw the acorn candles on etsy and am hunting around to make some of my own.

In a few weeks I’m heading down to Savannah Georgia for a swanky show at the Telfair Art Museum. I’m preparing by happily making a few one of a kind pieces. Here are some, along with a production piece I’m excited about, the copper moon.

The leaves are just starting to turn here in Asheville. It has inspired me to use all sorts of colors I’m not usually  drawn to-deep yellows and oranges. Here are some pieces with carnelian and tourmaline, and my best selling enamel earrings with golden yellow

I am gearing up for a huge art show in Louisville KY next weekend. I’m going to be in the 3rd street section of the show, so come visit! Saint James Court Art Festival is actually where I got my start making jewelry. I used to enamel little copper shapes and make them into pins that I would sell for 2.00 next to my mother’s booth. It’s so cool to be going back with a few more jewelry skills now.

Through the amazing efforts of my studio mate Duane Dunston, Earthspeak Arts Artists will be having a lovely evening with wine and hors-d’oevres  and beautiful jewelry for sale at Restaurant Solace  in downtown Asheville on October 7th from 6-9.  There will be at least five different jewelers there will completely different styles, ranging from 20.00 to 2,000.00 dollars. My birthday is that weekend, so hanging out with all my studio mates in a fancy restaurant will be a great birthday present.

Here is our studio:

Also.  October 7th happens to be the day that Louis C.K is coming to the Asheville Civic center. What could be better than jewelry and dirty man jokes?

I got a bunch of my work back from a store last month, and realized I didn’t like any of it anymore.  So I chopped everything up and combined charms and stones to create new pieces that i love!

I just came back from the Woodland Park Art Fair in Lexington. I was too busy to go swimming, but it was my favorite show so far. The show volunteers gave us breakfast in the morning and there were these huge maple trees hanging over the whole park. It was beautiful.

Here is a picture of my booth at the show