Margaret Kastner

My newest piece, Serious Frivolity, is a perfect example of how much I love whimsy. Especially when I can throw in a little contrast, like the purple moss agate, which…

I organize my clothes closet by color. I keep off-season clothes in the guest bedroom. So why is my jewelry scattered all over the place and often sitting in a…

  I was pretty steamed. I melted the Dogtooth Amethyst pendant bezel (frame around the stone) a few months ago. I mean I TOTALLY melted it. I had been trying…

Mr. Zazzy Fish left the pond for good this week.  He moved out of my toolbox and onto the Middletown Art Center student artist competition. All the sawing, filing, polishing,…

Just like I promised, Mr. Zazzy Fish got his sterling silver bones this week. Rework is a 4-Letter Word: I don’t know if you noticed it, but the rough cut…

Let me be clear:  Mr. Zazzy Fish is etched. The Back Story: I need to back up.  In case you were wondering, he’s not drawn freehand from my imagination and hand-chiseled…

Here it is Spring, and the clock is ticking. I’m working on an artsy piece of jewelry for the 2015 Middletown Arts Center student competition, and the submission deadline is…

As of last week, Cincinnati still hadn’t quite made up its mind whether it was going to get serious about having Spring in 2015. I was tempted to pull up…

[column size=”one-fourth”][/column]     [dropcap]I[/dropcap] am particularly fond of squares. Rectangles and triangles are good, too, but I love squares. My current project using square shaped Dog Tooth Amethyst stones…