Our special animal friends are like members of our family.  When they pass on, it can be a very difficult experience, and I wanted to create a line of jewelry that commemorates the love and bond between us and our pets.  These memorial necklaces are portraits of your little one and feature compartments on More>>…

After I’ve completed the silversmithing, soldering, and scrimshaw, I’m ready to set my stones.  I use the blunt end of an X-Acto knife to slowly push in the silver bezel around each gem.  To the left, I’m setting a 5mm garnet into my Artemis necklace.  I work around the bezel like a clock, hitting 12, More>>…

Perhaps the most famous of all goddesses, Venus – also known as Aphrodite – is the Roman goddess of love, magic, beauty, and abundance.  This golden woman was born from the foam of the sea at the creation of the world, and she has been present from the very beginning of time.  Venus loved gaiety More>>…

The masterpiece of my career, the Wisteria Fairy took over a year and 350 hours to make. Engraved, chased, repousséd, enameled, pierced, soldered, riveted, and carved, this solid 18k gold masterwork taxed all my skills as a jeweler. She symbolizes the passion of creation and the eternal dance of the artistic Muse. Carving the Statuette More>>…

The most famous Norse goddess, Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, and battle, and her name translates to “The Lady.” She dwells in her sacred hall of Folkvang, where the fierce maiden Valkyries deliver the souls of fallen heroes to become Freyja’s honored soldiers. She is the fairest of all the goddesses More>>…

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to spend three months in England studying jewelry and returned home with my degree in three-dimensional metalsmithing (my new skills include blacksmithing, raising hollow forms, box-making, chasing, repousse, engraving, mokume gane, and enameling).  It was an incomparable experience, and I’ve shared some of it below! LONDON: 6 weeks Me More>>…