spring cleaning

Deep in the last weeks of one of the largest production orders of my life. Yesterday took some time to re-organize my studio's work area with better shelving and easier to reach bead/stone organizers. Half the time I have Galatea on my lap and couldn't reach the higher bead drawers, now I won't have to disturb her at all...everything within reach.

Now re-energized and ready to make those last 2 necklaces and 16 pairs of earrings~ ~tag, ship, release, breathe.

Viola inspects her favorite bed, now on a pedestal 

so that she can watch the birds out the window . 

or the dogs that visit during the week here at Walk-About!

Nature Inspired Work & Cabin Fever

Sometimes looking out the studio window is my only connection to nature, the outside world for days. I am grateful to the many birds and squirrels that stop by to find shelter in the old pear tree.

This winter has been so hard on so many people, I'm sure the animals have had it bad but they seem to flourish and thrive all the same.  Survival. Hope. Cycle of Life.

Here is a group of creatures coming with me to the show on Sunday... 

if they don't find homes there they will be appearing on Etsy soon!

Fragments of Time

So excited to finally unveil this collection I have been working on with a friend for more than a year!

Medieval Incunabula Jewels

Wanted to do this amazing project justice, and as you can imagine the first test was an intense one! I am really happy with what I have created with the beautiful fragment supplied by Michael Laird Rare Books, and hope you enjoy the first four of hopefully more to come!

Fairy Twilight Garland Necklace

now up on Etsy~

Mata Hari

Mata Hari 1910

Mughal Miniature

detail of a Mughal miniature

from ~ Indian Jewellery by M. L. Nigam

Archangel Michael Arch

detail of Hans Memling's Last Judgement

Archangel Michael Pictorial Arch Stained Glass Window necklace

Maria by Pierre et Gilles

Maria by Pierre et Gilles

The Fountain of Life, 1519

The Fountain of Life

Hans Holbein the Elder

note the rabbits! and of course amazing costume and crown details...

Fairy Queen

Fairy Queen

Detail from a painting by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)

Baba Studio Collaboration

Recently, I was lucky enough to work with the beautiful creations of Baba Studio. For this photo shoot that took place in Prague, I sent them three necklaces with images from their Bohemian Cats line. Lucky me, as I have been a fan for some time and get so much pleasure from pouring over each card in their Tarot Deck.

more: Baba Studio on Facebook

close ups of the jewels: Parrish Relics

one week from today: FaerieCon!!

Etsy Vessels

Hope Vessel & Latin Reliquary on Etsy

jewelry reunion

some jewelry just came back to me from a rep no longer

in the biz...look for them to show up on Etsy or at my two Fall shows!

Two Crowns

Two Crowns moved from the Thorn pages to Etsy!

Show Update

This Thursday, I will have the honor of vending at

the Dreamchild CD release show!

Orlando

Back from a brief vacation, hope to update more often once again~

This film has been on my mind a lot lately, a glorious adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando

Starring the incomparable Tilda Swinton and fabulously cast Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I~!

loads of costuming & jewelry inspiration spanning several time periods

Brunnhilde poster by G. Bussiere 1897

Gaston Bussiere Brunnhilde, Illustration from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner

1897

Custom Aurora necklace

Custom Aurora necklace with opaque jet glass beads and Italian red & gold finish

jewels hoarded

new treasures taken home from the latest bead show...

*a Renae Taylor Fae looks on*

Fox Tale

Vintage Russian Folktale Postcard

in honor of the beautiful fox I saw today, chasing a squirrel.