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Metalsmithing

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    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…

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    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,…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

  • 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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    What Happens When You Mix a Dog’s Teeth with Amethyst?

    January 30, 2015

    You get Dog Tooth Amethyst! Of course, that’s not really dog teeth; it’s actually quartz. But it does remind me of what my dog, Cooper, would look like running around…

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    I Heart You!

    January 28, 2015

    The Red Moss Agate heart shaped stone caught my eye when Andy stopped by with a new assortment of cut and polished gemstones for sale.  I loved how the earthy reds…

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    Handmade, with Love (part 2)

    January 23, 2015

    …… continued. The bracelet got a more permanent shape on an oval bracelet mandrel with a rawhide hammer. The soft surface of the hammer doesn’t damage the pattern but can…

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    Handmade, with Love (part 1)

    January 21, 2015

    I just finished making a cuff bracelet and matching hoop earrings using a 1’ strip of deeply sculpted copper. Since it is a gift for someone special, I wanted the…

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