days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in processes on Mar 24th, 2009
The vacation is over and it’s back to making jewelry. Time to take the earring out of the thermoform plastic shellac and finish it. The thermoform plastic shellac hardens when cooled or at room temperature, and softens when immersed in hot water. The material becomes clear and pliable. To remove the earring, I heated [...]
Posted in environment, processes, vacation on Mar 22nd, 2009
The picture of a humpback whale breaching was taken on a recent trip to a dive site. The underwater video from on one of our dives allows you hear the whale singing. We were underwater when this underwater earthquake hit. The quake was very loud underwater and reverberated unlike anything we’d heard and felt before. [...]
Posted in vacation on Mar 21st, 2009
What does one do when waiting for a plane? Relaxing on the beach after a long snorkeling session seems like a great way to spend the time.
One person’s candle decoration is another person’s source of textures. Look for some of these textures to be incorporated in my work. The urchin shell texture will be especially nice when shrunk 30%; it’ll be nice and crisp.
Posted in Out and About on Mar 15th, 2009
When I visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium I always enjoy watching the jellies. On my recent trip I took the above photo and also picked up some 2009 Seafood Watch and Sushi Watch cards to keep in my wallet for friends who eat fish. I noticed that the aquarium has developed a “new iPhone application [...]
Posted in environment, processes on Mar 9th, 2009
On Saturday I attended the Green Jewelry class at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in SF. The day was full of interesting information that ranged from how metals, diamonds and gemstones are mined to what we can do to help with the environmental and social issues due to mining. We learned tips about rethinking our [...]