Disco Is Dead

Skull earrings with tattered metal mesh from an old pair of disco earrings.
Like hearing the ocean inside a shell, when you wear these you can hear Donna Summer.

An Elephant Never Forgets - Love

A love charm necklace.

This one has some really lovely vintage chain and a tiny, vintage cloisonne elephant charm.

One of my big glass heart beads.
This one with transparent olive as a base, rolled in fine silver foil and decorated with Val Cox's 'purple rose' frit.

Never forget to love.

1966 - Was A Very Good Year

A love charm necklace.

A 1966 English half-penny cut out charm.

A fragment of a Victorian mother of pearl necklace and some vintage chain.

One of my glass heart beads.
(Cim's Commando, light ivory, raku frit and black)

Hat Lover

A new love charm necklace.
That top hat is a vintage Monopoly game piece.

The big glass heart has a big eye bump.

A dot of black then a dot of raku melted on. The dots get spot heated and plunged, finally a wee air bubble gets trapped inside with clear.

Gold Rush

'Gold Rush' Necklace - lampwork glass beads and vermeil.

It was a commission and was a very happy birthday present.

Gold Water Beads

Inspired by a vintage Murano candy dish.
Beads with 24k gold leaf trapped inside crystal clear glass.

Here they are still on their mandrels.

This technique doesn't have to be done
with gold leaf. Silver foil works too,
and is much, much easier to handle.

To make these you start with a core bead that is a cylinder shape. Roll it in metal leaf and then encase. Don't let the flame touch the leaf or it will vaporize.

Try variations!

Start with a colored core bead.

Or, encase with a transparent over the metal leaf.

I left the encasing on this set all watery.
You could round them, or facet them, or
roll them in a ribbed bead roller...

Have fun.

Hippy Chick Necklace

It's such a simple necklace.

One continuous chain of beads without a clasp.
Links of hand hammered 18g jewelers bronze.
(not bronze colored crappy metal - real bronze like classical statues in museums)

I make one, or two of them, whenever my jar of single, mismatched, experimental and oddball beads gets overly full. Some ribbed, some round, some faceted, iridescent, tumbled and rolled in silver - all kinds of beads. So much fun to wear.

'Tis The Season

So many skulls - so little time.

Lots of vintage bits, my lampwork beads, rhinestone rondelles and all kinds of skulls.

Farting Art

Designing pinback buttons for local events.
I love farting around making buttons.

I would like to remind you to support your local independent record store and also to go to some fall festivals because winter is coming.

Death In Primary Colors

Dyed yellow stone skulls
Rhinestone rondelles
Lampwork glass beads - made with my favorite color - Cim's 'Sangre'
Salvaged vintage blue jingle bells and silver tribal bells
Sterling silver leverback earwires

Skullduggery

New skull earrings.

Golden obsidian skulls (from Dakota Stones)
Rhinestone rondelles
Lampwork glass beads
Salvaged vintage rhinestone balls and fake pearl drops
Sterling silver leverback earwires

I love scouring estate sales for vintage bits to add to my skull earrings.

Bone skulls
Rhinestone Rondelles
Lampwork glass headpins
Brass seed beads
Vintage salvadged rhinestone ear clips

Love Charms

Vintage monopoly game pieces that are destined for 'Love Charm' necklaces.

Charmed Pendants

Oooh, new beads.

New capped pendants, this time with a ring added.

The top berry is that magical glass combination of Double Helix 'Aurae' over Cim's 'Sangre.'

The bottom acorn is dark olive transparent that I rolled in some Val Cox frit blend (I think it's September Morning) with a few trails of Ivory spiraled around it.