Artisan Lampwork Glass

Jun 10

I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary of working with glass this year!!!!!

Looking back it's amazing how much the world has changed in this time. I learned from books and magazines and applied for my first fine...

Mar 25

Glass Flowers!

My Mama turned 70 earlier this month and I made this bouquet of glass flowers for her. It's my favorite thing I've ever made! Now I'm...

Jan 21

The Effervescent Collection

Back in March I started making these implosion beads. It was super fun learning a new technique. I had made implosion pendants off...

Sep 19, 2023

A New Series, Implosion Pendants

I've fallen completely in love with making these pendants! Specifically, it's a technique called an implosion that I'm loving. For it to...

Nov 7, 2022

The Autumn Sunset Collection

When I began creating this collection back in August, I was inspired by the colors of the sunset. By the time I was finishing it, Fall...

Apr 28, 2022

Inspired by the ocean....

Although it wasn't intentional, my latest beads and jewelry were inspired by the ocean. I've wanted to learn to surf since I was tiny...

Aug 22, 2021

Vitality Collection

I recently made the decision to make most, if not all of my new designs limited editions. Really, my beads and jewelry have always been...

Nov 22, 2020

The Resilient Collection

When I make new beads and jewelry they have an energy all their own. When the pieces are finished, I sit back looking at them and let a...

May 29, 2020

Making a new jewelry series....

I've been working on a new series of colorful rainbow jewelry for a while now and am so happy to let you know they're finished! They'll...

Sep 5, 2018

A peek into the studio....

I've been having so much fun working with silver metal clay lately. Silver metal clay, also known as precious metal clay or pmc, is an...