Another view of the pendant showing the vintage Czech cabochons used as accents. The design also includes glass pearls and crystals. The gilding is done with Liquid Gilding, a sort of paint.

This large shell has been embellished and will act as a centerpiece on an enormous necklace! The necklace will be a statement piece in my Senior Collection, stay tuned!!!

Inspired by the emerging green all around, I made this little jonquil design. My aim was to blend the two tones of purple for the background, not entirely successful… Learning is a process!

I love this design! It’s a big 3x3inch sized piece and I will set it in sterling and wear it as a pendant. It will definitely be a bold statement piece!

This design sold as soon as I posted it online! It now resides in New Orleans with a dear friend. I really enjoyed the way the silver underlay gives the various shades of blue and green a subtle gleam. The reverse of the pendant has a feather that was pierced and cut from the silver sheet.

This ring was a total experiment and it worked!!! It’s surprisingly light to be such a big piece. The Labradorite stone has a slim profile and I think that helps.

This stone is huge! I love the bold statement that it makes. I was tasked with setting it without solder. This sterling sheet was cut with tabs for the stone and an attached band for the ring, an all-in-one design that proved to be very effective.

Three of the rings I’ve made recently. There’s an agate, a Labradorite, and a Bumblebee jasper. The amazing variety of stones produced by Mother Nature is truly mind-boggling!

This was my first experiment with ring setting. I cut it from a sheet of copper and, after annealing the metal, formed it into this tab setting. It turned out rather nicely, I think.

Here, I took a leaf, from the yard, and traced it onto copper sheet. After annealing the metal, I began to form it into a setting for my stone. Annealing has to happen repeatedly because as you work the metal, it hardens. Form, anneal, form, anneal, form, anneal…. such is the life of a metalsmith.

I made two of these feathers in cloisonné for class. I found it was easy to form two of the thin wires together and then mirror them on the base. The challenge was to make a pair and I think I definitely achieved the goal! They’ll be set as pendants, in sterling.

These little pieces were my very first attempts at cloisonné. I am really happy with the way these turned out. I may make buttons with them, that’d be fun!

This shell will be the focal point of a grand necklace! It has little blue cabochons and lighter blue faceted gems. I also embedded lots of tiny pointed back rhinestones. They give a rather glittering effect to the piece.

My little starfish ornament looks as if he’s trying to run away! I used two sizes of pearls and sparkly faceted beads on this little guy. He must have a party to get to…

I wanted this to look like a portrait of a regal flamingo. I’m pretty happy with the outcome. I like the shading on the feathers and I love the deep green background against the pink bird. Doing cloisonné really brings out the perfectionist in me…

This spikey ring incorporates black obsidian, clear quartz, and a labradorite. The design is rather imposing! It would really help line someone’s chakras… LOL

I used this big topaz upside down in this ring design. I just loved the faceted bottom of the stone! Small shells around the perimeter hold it securely in place. It’s dazzling!

Silvered shells and branches of coral form the bail for this large emerald stone. The rough, faceted emerald is from Brazil. It’s a big, beautiful green rock! I can picture the great sea god wearing this as he controls the tides…