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Margaret Kastner

Margaret Kastner

  • Shapes & Patterns

    Have a Little Fun

    August 6, 2020

    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…

  • Shapes & Patterns

    Why We Love Polka Dots

    June 6, 2016
  • Jewelry Organization

    My 3 Steps for Organizing Jewelry

    February 11, 2016

    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…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithingShapes & Patterns

    The Dog Tooth Amethyst Pendant – Revisited

    May 16, 2015

      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…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithing

    Mr. Zazzy Fish Leaves for the Competition (#4)

    May 8, 2015

    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,…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithing

    Mr. Zazzy Fish Finally Gets a Backbone (#3)

    May 1, 2015

    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…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithing

    How Mr. Zazzy Fish Turned Blue (#2)

    April 23, 2015

    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…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithingShapes & Patterns

    Mr. Zazzy Fish Competes

    April 15, 2015

    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…

  • Personal StyleShapes & Patterns

    Pop Art Fashion: 1960s Geometrics

    March 31, 2015

    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…

  • Jewelry MakingMetalsmithingShapes & Patterns

    2015 JEWELRY TREND “TAKES SHAPE”

    March 9, 2015

    [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…

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