days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in Out and About, environment on Jun 29th, 2009
The boat ride with the bottlenose dolphins was great. The very next day, on our boat ride out to the dive sites, we saw this ~ 200 member pod of common dolphins. If I turned my head to the left and looked I could see dolphins, and if I turned my head all the way [...]
Posted in Out and About, environment on Jun 28th, 2009
Recently I was down in Baja California Sur, Mexico doing a little SCUBA diving. Loreto National Marine Park was chosen for all the endemic species I’d yet to see. The underwater and above ground park sure impressed! I’m glad I took a sketch pad, because I drew some new earrings that I hope to create [...]
Posted in Galleries on Jun 26th, 2009
Wednesday June 24th, good friend and jewelry artist Fran Grinels and I purchased some display cases and set them up at the Pacific Art League Gallery on Ramona St. in Palo Alto, CA. Above is a picture of the cases. My jewelry case filled with my necklaces, earrings, and rings is on the left. Below [...]
Posted in Out and About, environment on Jun 19th, 2009
The question came up recently: When was the last time I dove in Baja? I took out my old dive logs and took a look. I dove twice at the Cabo Pulmo Marine Park and remember all the huge boulders underwater and the fish that were on the same scale. The trip was before I [...]
Posted in processes on Jun 16th, 2009
After setting oval white topaz stones in a new earring design, I decided to also set blue topaz and garnets in the same design; and to make a pendant with one of those stones in the ‘same’ design. So, I treed up some waxes after adding more of the little ball features onto the wax [...]
Posted in Galleries, Metal Art Exhibitions, artists on Jun 12th, 2009
Friend and fellow jewelry artist, Fran Grinels, loaned me two interesting articles on art jewelry from this week and last December. The Economist’s “Golden Globes” article focuses on the trend, galleries, artists and shows in the Netherlands. The second article in the Seattle Times “Pacific Northwest” Sunday magazine focuses on the large art jewelry community of [...]
Posted in Out and About, Tools on Jun 9th, 2009
Otto Frei’s main office and warehouse in Oakland, CA A fun place to visit
Posted in Tools on Jun 7th, 2009
Today I sewed up some old shotgun shot into a piece of an old denim jeans leg. The new ‘pillow’ will be nice to brace things on when I need something that gives.
Posted in Galleries, Out and About on Jun 5th, 2009
I’ll be at the Pacific Art League Gallery Friday June 5th for the First Friday Art Walk. Ten Palo Alto galleries participate in this monthly event. The event coincides with the opening of a a juried show “Birds and Bees, Fur, Feathers, and Fins” which will run for the month of June in the main [...]
Posted in Galleries, Out and About on Jun 5th, 2009
Today I was lucky enough to be at Lireille Gallery when a very nice couple came to pick up two of my “Kelp” Rings. Below is a picture of the rings being worn for the first time. Two of my pieces “Coral Cookie” Necklace and “Coral Pillows with Blue Pearl” Earrings made from [...]