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Studio Wide Mouth Frog

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"Please enjoy this photo gallery. The pieces here showcase a wide variety of techniques and skills that I have developed in past five
years. All the pieces shown were sold at the various shows I exhibit at or in my studio gallery. If you see something that strikes your
fancy, please feel free to contact me about doing something similar for yourself or as a special gift."
Click on each picture to enlarge.

Fold Formed Bowl #1
Copper, Approx 13" dia.

Fold Formed Bowl #2
Copper, Approx 14" dia.

The Offering
Copper Lotus flower candle &
incense burner.
This piece was an offering at the
Sakya Monastery for Tibetan
Buddhism, Seattle, WA

Sold

From the "My Muse"
collection 2007
Sterling

A few samples of sterling and copper neck pieces,
earrings and bracelets from the "A Series of Simple
Elements" collection. 2007 All pieces were sold.

A few samples of sterling and sterling and 14 with pearl earrings from the "Harvest Basket"
collection for 2006
All these pieces were sold in 2006. I only make a small number of these every couple of years.

These necklaces, from 2005, were all about the
sterling beads. The round focal beads were 2" in
diameter, with most having 1" accent beads. Each
bead was meticulously fabricated using an
assortment of metalsmithing techniques.
All were sold.

These are from the "Series Terra" collection. This was my first body of art jewelry
pieces and was all done in reticulated sterling with pearl and gemstone accents. It
began in 2003 and went through 2004. All art pieces were sold and the collection
inspired my first wholesale line sold under my name. The wholesale line has since
been sold to Bainbridge Island artist, Lucia Olson who is doing some fun things with
it. I plan to come back to back to this work at a later date.

Started designing
jewelry as a beader. I
spent much of my
design time on
structural design. This
piece was titled
"Bonefish Andros" and
was made in 2003

This was the second piece of
metalsmithing I tried. It was a
tremendous challenge and I can't
believe I even tried something on this
scale with no background in metal.
Title "Autumnal Equinox", it was made
up of seven 3" sterling leaves that
were connected from behind and
moved and squeaked like a garden
gate in a fall wind. 23k gold leaf was
applied to sections of the leaves and
they were strung with amber and jet
and attached with my own fabricated
leaf clasp. This piece has not been
sold and will be restrung with larger,
roughly tumbled amber and the jet.

Necklace from the
"Series Terra"
collection, 2004.
Selectively reticulated
sterling with East
Indian coin, peridot
and citrine chip beads.
This piece is in the
private collection of
Alexandria Vizcaya.

Sold

My first gauged
earrings for Anna's
18th birthday. They
are the first of many
gauged earrings & are
styled after the Harvest
Basket collection.

Uncommon beauty in metal art

Metalsmith's Sampler
Vase
Copper, Approx 9" tall
Glass insert

Sold

In 2007, I did a wonderfully fun collection of earrings and brooches titled "This Magical Journey". I was just beginning to explore creating
my own texture plates through an etching process and use them on my new rolling mill. I have since fallen in love with mill printing metal. I
think these pieces were good examples of how I began to try to create more depth and texture to my work. I really began to think this
journey I began, truly IS magical. All pieces were sold.

In 2008, I challenged myself to once again, my design capabilities and technical skills. I also kept thinking
about our continuing journey through life and how interesting mine has been so far. I've come to think that even the
greatest tragedies can bring such indescribable happiness and joy in appreciating my good fortune each time I come through the other
side still whole, somehow. This collection was called "My Continuing Journey"...as an artist...and a human being. All pieces sold.