Color pop, present madness, and telling it slant...

I've been puttering around my studio and finally got started on an idea I've been investigating for a few years. I'm thinking this would look mighty fine in my backyard, though I don't think I want to provide a home for bee hives so I am still uncertain where this present madness will take me.  Working on it felt a little like quilting, and it is so long I kept picturing the woman obsessively crocheting in the movie Like Water for Chocolate.

I often get inquiries from people who have seen my plastic work.  Some come knocking at my front door! I was touched when a single mother who is going back to school to study art emailed me to let me know she was featuring me in a project. She took bottles, paint, and scissors to a park. As her daughter played nearby, she set about to create some art. Pretty soon a little crowd gathered and a recycled plastic  party erupted. The wonder of this project and the life that it gives never ceases to amaze me.

I have new inspiration with my jewelry designs as well. It's always fun to come at my work from a new angle, 'telling it slant' to quote Emily Dickinson. In the slant telling the pieces are becoming more and more kinetic. I love how the glass ring on this necklace slides across the strands of crystal and citrine, but not the coral. It also tickles me that there are two cameos and if you look closely: a hippo. I put the hippo next to the turquoise as an homage to the blue hippo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I love that hippo! ($275 Add to Basket )

I'm excited that The Morse Museum of American Art is now carrying my work in their gift shop. That museum is such a jewel, the largest collection of Tiffany glass in the world. And now the gift shop is carrying a selection of my jewelry . What an honor to have my work a breath away from that of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

This season is all about 'the color pop.' I'm preparing for my annual spring show and am planning to have it well enough in advance of Mother's Day so that my customers can bejewel their mums with a pop of color: Mom and pop! Feel free to contact me regarding what I currently have in inventory. It's impossible to keep up with my web-site since each of my pieces is different. All I need is a price range, necklace/bracelet/earrings choice, and color preference. I can send you pictures, then put a custom order on my etsy site to facilitate your purchase.

Thank you so much, those of you who keep up with my work. I have such a loyal customer base and network of friends who make what I do possible. You have no idea how often I think of you with gratitude.