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I’m super excited to share that I just dropped off a bunch of jewelry at a new store in Alameda, called Modern Mouse! The store won’t be open until November 9th, but it’ll be worth the wait, because the wares are bound to excite and impress. Here’s a peek at some of the pieces I’ll have there:
Petri Dish Earrings
Cell Stem Earrings, Sterling Silver
Cell Formation Necklace, Sterling Silver
You should definitely check Modern Mouse out if you’re in the bay area. You can go to the website (link above) to see a lot of the other artists that will have goods for sale there. I can’t wait for the grand opening on Saturday, November 14th (from 2 to 6pm!).
Here’s the finished up version of the earrings I talked about yesterday:
- New Earrings! Sterling Silver.
Through the process of production for a totally different pair of earrings, I happily stumbled upon a moment that gave birth to these little delicate beauties. I can’t wait to play more and make really expansive and branchy versions!
I was working on making some earrings this weekend:
- Lichen Sprout Earrings. Sterling Silver.
and as I was making all the tiny little “sprout” pieces, I noticed how sweet they looked piling up on my desk… I pushed a few of them around and started to think….
- “sprout” production leads to new ideas….
These little guys make such sweet little branchy designs. I quickly soldered a few pieces together:
- new prototype
This first prototype is basically like a sketch. Though I tend to draw out a lot of my ideas in my sketch book, sometimes playing around with scraps and left over bits of wire is much more fruitful. These little sketches are an integral part of designing. Before I had soldered these babies together, I though they’d be hook / dangle style earrings. An accident with the torch resulted in the very top of the earring to ball up, so I embraced the accident and realized that it was the perfect spot for a ear post.
I’ve completed another variation of these earrings that is much more successful (I’ll share pictures as soon as they’re ready!). I’m really excited about them. But more importantly, I’m glad I allowed myself to take the time to play around at my bench. Though I was trying really hard to get some serious work done, even just a few moments of playing opened up lots of new ideas.
Also, here’s another pair of earrings I recently finished:
Lichen Sprout Earrings. Sterling Silver and Garnet.
They’re my new favorite and look so beautiful on. I’m becoming obsessed with these little sprout forms – I want to cover everything with them!
I’m so excited! This Saturday (September 26th) I’ll be selling my jewelry at Knit-One-One in Berkeley! There will be about 10 people, selling a wide range of goodies. It’s also a few doors down from the yummy Sweet Adeline Bakeshop.
To entice you further, I will be bringing a sampling of my newest designs and even be offering special sale prices for the occasion!
More Details:
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00pm
Where: the k11 studio, 3360, Adeline Street, Berkeley (2 blocks from Ashby BART)
Hope to see you there!
I have recently accepted what I consider to be quite a challenge, in creating a piece of jewelry that will retail at $50 or less. I never thought it would be so challenging, but it really has! I think I finally came up with something, and it may turn out to be the doorway into a whole new collection of pieces – exciting! I’ll have some pictures to share as soon as I get the new piece cleaned up.
On the way to my $50 challenge, I made quite a few other pieces, some of which I’m really excited about (though they are far from $50). Keep in mind this little peek isn’t cleaned up, but here’s a pendant I’m really happy with:
Double Lichen with Spores. Sterling Silver.
I think this piece will begin a new series that will marry two of my favs: the spores and the lichen…
Hard at work, soldering away on a sunday.
I also got to do some shopping at a gem and jewelry tradeshow this weekend. I went with a couple friends and bought some new gemstone beads for a new collection I’m working on ( check out the color spot collection!). And I have to admit, I really enjoyed a chilly and gray Sunday. I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!
This weekend I brought some new pieces to the Museum of Craft and Folk Art museum store!
Double Lichen Ring. Sterling Silver.
Organic Cell Double Drop Earring. Sterling Silver.
What do you think? I’ve been wearing a similar pair of these earrings for about week and I just love them. They’re simple and they go with everything. I’m really excited about the ring too. It looks great on, and I’m dreaming of making different variations to be stacked together into a stunning arrangement! What do you think?
Check out the article I wrote for the Nina Designs Blog. It’s all about how to make your jewelry display the best it can be!
One of the biggest things I talk about is knowing what makes your jewelry unique, and incorporating those elements into your display and photography.
Here’s some examples of how I do this:
Using petri dishes for packaging and display!
Using “specimen tags” for earrings!
These kinds of elements help show the biology origins of my jewelry.
I’m super excited to announce that my jewelry will be available for sale at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art museum store in San Francisco!!!
The museum store has tons of great artworks for sale by lots of wonderful artists. I’ll be dropping off my first batch of jewelry this saturday, so come by and see them in the case!
Here’s a little map of where the museum is (it was a little hard to find, if you ask me):
So many good places to go, all right there!
Yay! I’m drinking lots of coffee and getting lots of new pieces made!
I’m also doing some experimenting with 14 karat gold-filled wire… It’s challenging and I’m not sure I like or will get very far with it, but I wanted to give it a shot.
Here’s one of my new “organic hoops” in the 14 karat gold-filled with little silver “spores”. I think I like it.
I’ve been drawing out this idea for weeks now, and I finally made a pair of cell formation hoops:
This is actually a pretty small pair, but I can totally see them getting really big and fabulous…
