Category: One Of A Kind

Jewelry Matters of the Heart

1/17/2022

Not much into hearts, but have made a few in the years past.
Looking into my slide folders (remember those?), I just re-discovered a full selection of them, earrings and pins and pendant and necklaces...Played around a bit with a cheap slide scanning app on my phone and here's a couple of shots, all sold long ago.

Heart Pendant in copper on an oxidized sterling silver cable - private collection, Boston/MA

Heart Pendant in copper - private collection, Boston/MA

Heart Earrings in copper and brass with pierced surface and brushed texture

A couple of Heart Earrings in copper and brass

Lightheartedly Pendant 15 - pierced brass, oxidized sterling silver bead chain - private collection, San Francisco/CA

Lightheartedly 15. pendant in brass with an oxidized sterling silver bead chain - private collection, San Francisco/CA

Bitten Heart 2 - copper, sterling silver

This one I remember, it sold in a flash at a gallery in Milwaukee/WI - heat patina on copper, a sterling silver bead chain with a sterling silver clasp.
Someone had taken a bit bite out of it...

And then there is this one, possibly the most precious of them all.
Sister to the copper one above and the only one left from my hearts experiments, this is a stunning necklace with strong impact.

It has a heart pierced in sterling silver, it has that bite in warm yellow 18k gold to accentuate the piece with memory, and it all hangs from a sterling silver snake chain, with a sterling silver toggle&bar clasp for no-fuss wearing.

Bold Play Rings for bold end-of-year celebrations

12/30/2021

Try and play and dare a bit!
We made it to the end of another year, dense, intense, complicated, so stressful at times...
So now we play: lots of fun with these Play Rings!

Play Ring 3 - the Bar, sterling silver and copper

Play!

Ring for Gesticulating Hands

9/29/2021

I sat at the bench for a few hours this week and made a ring.
Nothing fancy, just experiments in simple designs to add to my twisted and wires collection, but I did lose myself in all the possibilities, making rings has always been one of my favorite pieces to make.

And then lost myself even further when I got a picture of this ring below, and and couldn't resist a little dip into memory lane...

Ring for Gesticulating hands by Emanuela Aureli (1998)

Ring for Gesticulating Hands (1998) - george post photography

This ring is long gone. A dear collector from Arizona took it home with her years ago...

As far as the new experiments in simple ring-making, stay tuned!

Black and White Graffiti Jewelry Launch

6/8/2021

Having real fun with these new Black and White jewelry line and am adding a few more pieces for the official launch mid June on my online store.

Everything is one of a kind work, unique earrings and pendants, scribblings on silver, each piece signed and numbered.

My collectors list gets live launch link and an 'advantage' of 1 hour for shopping this statement Black and White Graffiti jewelry collection first over the general public...jump on board below to get yours!
This work was pre-launched and tested with just a handful of pieces for a virtual platform in May and it sold fast...

Join my collectors list and don't miss out!

Wearable Art

5/25/2021

Another month almost gone, so much on the bench, having a hard time splitting myself between the (ohh, too many!) things in progress in trays, scattered all over the studio.
But this is an ongoing-mode, as I seem not to be able to avoid it...wanting to do it all, yesterday.

Today some quick notes on my studio treasure hunts of old work, have been re-shooting each single piece and adding some 'contest' and settings as visual connections...
One of the WATER pin set, hand scribblings on silver, pinned to my black woolen sweater and a book that connects the two.

Water Pin, worn

Book, hand holding Water Pin

I have recurring themes, sudden yearnings of making things done before, visual references and source of inspiration for the new.

Black and White Graffiti Earrings#5, worn

Black and White Graffiti Earrings#5

Black and White Graffiti Earrings#5, worn

Pre-launched five pieces for the Black+White Artico show ending this month with great response, above a quick shot of the Black and White Graffiti Earrings 5 - one of the pieces still available at the show, as of today.

Got very excited about this new work, so have added another tray to my pile...got some new chain for some new pendants for the graffiti series...will see how fast I can clone myself.

Let me keep you posted

Black+White show ending soon..

5/18/2021

13 magic days until the end of a successful Black+White show, and just in case (just in case) you missed it so far, check it out now!
These earrings sold a couple of days ago and have gone to two very happy people...

Black+White Graffiti Earrings#1 - SOLD

Black+White Graffiti Earrings#1+#2 - SOLD

Black+White Graffiti Earrings#1 - SOLD

...but there are still a few one of a kind pieces available, like just one pair of the earrings below!

Black+White Graffiti Earrings

I had great fun playing around and improvising with these first black and white jewelry experiments for a BlacK+White Graffiti series, and was happy to launch five pieces on Artico this month!
And, among what's left, a pendant too...

Black+White Graffiti Pendant#2

Signed and numbered, on the other side.

Art Jewelry Pins. Or Wearable Wall Pieces. Or Both.

5/5/2021

These go back a long while...1990, to be precise.
The writing on metal is not completely new to me, like these fun experiments with scribbling and marking and punching brass, copper and sterling silver into wearable wall pieces.

So pulled out these out of storage and thinking (maybe) of putting them on the online store later this summer.
Each set is 3 wearable brooches, each one you can wear on yourself for a very sculptural and unique jewelry statement.
When not on the body they are a stunning piece for the wall in an art-loving home.

Water: a 3-pins wall piece in sterling silver and brass, with scribbling, green patina on brass and random piercings.

Earth: a 3-pins wall piece in hues of copper and brass, with scribbling and random piercings.

Black and White Show Opens Today

5/1/2021

The Black+White show at Artico is live!
Another quick preview here below, a one-of-a-kind pair of Black+White Graffiti Earrings, signed and numbered on the back.

One of a Kind Black+White Graffiti Earrings signed and numbered

One of a Kind Black+White Graffiti Earrings

The Black+White Graffiti is a mini series of One of a Kind jewelry pieces in sterling silver with a stained black patina finish. See more at the show!

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Black+White Jewelry for a Black+White Show

4/30/2021

The excitement continues with this mini series of one of a kind black and white jewelry pieces...
These are a couple of shots for some work fresh off the bench for the Black+White show launching at Artico in just a few hours!

Black and White earrings collection in sterling silver and black stained patina

Black and White jewelry collection in sterling silver and black stained patina - pendant2

This invitational show will run May 1-31, 2021 online on Artico and will feature a selection of New Mexico artists and their experiments in black and white only.
All work available exclusively through Artico - a New Mexico Art Collective supporting artists and makers through the COVID pandemic; sales will benefit Artico, the artist in the show and several New Mexico non profits...live links on launch date.

Don't miss out!

Black and White Jewelry

4/3/2021

A super quick (and very excited) preview of some work in progress on the bench.
Playing with 'restrictions' in designing new pieces for a Black+White show launching next month online.

Black and White jewelry work in progress - on paper

Black and White jewelry work in progress - on the bench

Black and White jewelry work in progress - final wash

Black and White jewelry work in progress - ready to dry

Black and White jewelry work in progress - all sealed and hung to dry

So for this invitational online show I am sticking to one metal - thin sheet sterling silver and monochrome - black and white. Simple as that.
And got to say, I am having quite some fun....!

stay tuned, more to come!

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