Almost there…

It’s getting there, I cleaned up a bunch and now I can finally work. Here are some pics of my space:

Forming tools

Design and Tumbling Area

Kiln

Soldering Station

Bench area

Jewelry Studio

Cleanest area so far

Soldering bench

Painting area

Ceramics

Power Tools

So, just posting some pics of the new studio. So much to clean! Worked on it a bit tonight, more pics of the finished product this week.

Yay! Lookbook is complete!!!

Take a look!

Many thanks to my buddy Jancy for her amazing help!

Lookbook Research

OOOOH! I found this page of Tom Binn’s lookbook on 18kt. OOOH!

Just got blogged!

I made some awesome black diamon stacking rings for my buddy from high school and she just blogged about me here. Now if only I had a pic of the rings….soon.

Beth Lauren’s Lookbook

Just saw this on Beth Lauren’s website. This is some cute stuff! I’m a sucker for fiber arts.

Launch SF Sample Show

So I participated in another show this weekend, the Launch SF Sample Show at the W Hotel. Awesome venue and great show promoters. Lots of fun!

Here are some pics:

Cute new earring stand I just made out of aluminum piping, nickel wire, wooden safety pins, and spray paint.

3/4 view of the earring stand

The whole set-up at the show

I made some cool new sterling silver pieces last week; some cool chains

More sterling silver pieces

Rings and bracelets!

My 18k gold and sterling silver pieces

Breaking down after the show

Stevie and Mike D hanging at my booth

I also met some Cal students who are staff on a fashion magazine called Bare Magazine. Interestingly, one of the staffers went to the same high school as me as well. Caaa-razy!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season! xo

Some more chains

I just found this online…this is similar to Ninh Wysocan’s work. Lots of chains! I do like the screw earrings a lot. Thoughts?

Lookbook…..again

Ok, so I did not finish Resident Evil. What was I thinking? That is way too scary for me. I can hardly handle Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Well still working on the lookbook. I can’t wait to show it to everyone. I think it looks great already but still so many nit-picky things to fix.

Also, I have been playing with some sterling silver chains I’ve been making. I will upload pics by the end of the week. I keep playing, experimenting. I’m not quite happy yet, they seem a bit ho-hum but it’s always fun to wear something against your skin that you made yourself.

Started looking at Ninh Wysocan’s work. It’s trendy now but I think she’s the one that started this whole obsession with chains and wearing multiple, woven chains. I still really like it even though I don’t always think it’s me. I keep coming back to her page though. I think it’s the fact that I feel that there is an intention to her work and a thoughtfulness about her pieces in relationship to how they are worn on the body.

More Lookbook Stuff

Ok, so I’m watching Resident Evil and looking up more lookbooks on the web on this dark and gloomy day. Resident Evil is scaring the beejeesus out of me.  But I just found 22 Design Studio’s concrete jewelry press release. This has tempered the fear.

Interesting concept. I like the finger size rings.  I’ve never tried on a concrete ring but….is that comfortable? I feel like it would abrade the skin but no clue. The materials costs are low though. I bet it’s fun to mix the concrete too. I keep imagining a mini-concrete mixer.

Back to my lookbook, Resident Evil, and some jewelry polishing!