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This is the last month that I will have an outside studio. I’ve decided to move back to my house to work as I navigate transitioning from a metalworking artist to a watercolor artist. Whew…big exhale here. I’ve been making metal jewelry for 20 years. This month, I decided to slowly stop making jewelry and pivot to something that I will most likely be exploring for the rest of my life. Watercolors. There are huge changes afoot in my life, and I’ve felt them coming for the last couple of years. When my husband’s father died, I knew that his death signaled a transition inRead More →

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I believe the most important aspect to uniqueness is curiosity. It supports uniqueness, or is the precursor to it, since it drives the interest necessary to differentiate oneself from the crowd. And I suppose if I dive a little deeper, I believe fear is what keeps someone forever in the tribe of mediocrity and common viewpoints. Curiosity about our fears teases out the conditioning that led to the fear in the first place, and if you face any fear with curiosity, then a unique viewpoint has the soil to grow– under the right conditions. I’m a self-taught jeweler, and started getting curious about fire andRead More →