Here are the wedding bands I made for Chris and Jeremy. Working with Chris to create these rings from sketch to computer model to hand carved wax to sterling silver prototype and finally to 14K white gold was a labor of love. Thanks, guys!

I painstakingly carved the knot after it was blocked out by the computer in wax.

The details shine after many hours of carving and polishing the gold rings

It was such a wonderful feeling to know that they are happy with their original, custom designed wedding set.

I was an exhibiting artist at the Eastside Millenium Park Art Festival in Chicago June 4-6. Since then, I have been working hard on orders that will be shipped out soon. Chicago is a great city! I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and plan to do some sightseeing next visit. My work got a warm reception, so I will go back to be a part of the festival season next year!



Thank you, Mikelle, for making the trip possible for me!

The Artists Cafe was lovely!
And thanks for taking my picture at the fountain!

Many thanks to everyone who visited my booth at the Eco-Chic Craftacular! It was a lovely weekend and I had a great time meeting so many new people. Upcycling metals into new jewelry is more rewarding to me as an artist after being part of this show.
It's a new booth design for me, in preparation for the Eastside Millenium Park Art Festival in Chicago. What do you think? I went for simplicity in black and white with some natural wood elements.
Heartfelt thanks to my dear friends Mikelle and Kristi for their help in packing up this booth Sunday night - it was no small task!

Thank you, Brittany Kress and Columbus Alive for giving me a mention in your article about the Eco Chic Craftacular! Here's a link to the article:
http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/05/20/window-shopping-eco-chic-craftacular.html?sid=108
Hope to see all of you there! I will be set up outside under my sturdy ez-up canopy rain or shine!

My trusty tool box is full of spoons, cut and ready to bend around into spiral rings! I can't wait to show them to everyone at the Eco Chic Craftacular this coming weekend. I'm working on as many as I can possibly make, since I almost sold out at my last show.
Here is the wooden stump with swage grooves carved into it. The stump is located at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center, a real jewel in our city! It is so much fun to transform an old, unwanted everyday object into beautiful jewelry! You can see the steel ring mandrel and rawhide mallet I use to bend the metal. The hammering part is really hard work!