days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in processes on Dec 28th, 2008
Results from electrolytic saltwater etching of copperIn my days at a semiconductor capital equipment company I made a lifelong friend. When we first met, she was a “process” engineer who etched the dielectric material on silicon wafers; then she etched conductive materials; then she was a product support engineer, et cetera.A month ago I showed [...]
Posted in Metal Art Exhibitions on Dec 24th, 2008
Friend and fellow jewelry artist, Pat Accorinti, forwarded me a link to a New York Times article about the Calder Jewelry exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I especially enjoyed the slide show with closeups of ten Calder pieces.
Posted in Out and About, environment, vacation on Dec 20th, 2008
Until last week, the longest I’d ever seen a whale shark is twelve seconds over eight years ago. I know this because that’s exactly how long the video of my first whale shark encounter is. After the last dive of the trip last week, the boat captain starting yelling down to us as we were [...]
Posted in processes on Dec 20th, 2008
As promised…here are some photos of the brass bracelet and copper piece I was experimenting with in October. I left the brass bracelet in the fuming container much longer than recommended, and the colored patina you saw in October washed off. Now that I’ve pushed that patina past it’s time limit, I’ll revisit it again [...]
Today I met with Yan Liu, co-owner of Lireille Gallery of Contemporary Jewelry and Art. If you stop by Lireille Gallery, you can now see seventeen of my necklaces, 30 pairs of earrings, and 20 rings. If you’d like a preview of my art work at Lireille Gallery, I created a catalog of the items [...]
Posted in Colors and Shapes, Out and About on Dec 14th, 2008
Another beautiful fall day in San Francisco, with three city landmarks as seen from the end of Pier 8. The tanker and tug boats passing below the bay bridge remind me of something from long ago – the colors are just right. I think the memory is from an old childrens book which has a [...]
Posted in environment on Dec 11th, 2008
I headed over the the CNN website to find out about tonight’s “Planet in Peril” show highlighting the 100 million to 10 death toll in the man vs shark war, and saw this headline: “World’s corals reefs are vanishing, report says”. While I’m glad our largest eco system (oceans cover 2/3rds of our world’s surface) [...]
Posted in Shows on Dec 7th, 2008
Here’s a look at my booth at The Virgin Artists Show & Sale. So many people have told us what a nice venue this is. Fourteen artists and a couple of tables for the refreshments all fit in here nicely. OK – time to get back there for the noon opening today.
Posted in New Designs, Shows on Dec 6th, 2008
I spent most of the day yesterday creating 22 new pairs of earrings with textures I’d taken on the Yucatan Peninsula. I especially like the fine silver pieces that look like coral and urchin shells. Here’s a sample of the pieces:Now it’s time to pack up all the new earrings and head over to The [...]
On Monday night I cruised a beach on the Yucatan Peninsula looking for dead coral for making texture molds. In the picture below you’ll see some of the pieces I found. And, *look* at all the sea glass I found. I was so excited I had to limit myself to picking up the less common [...]