The Bracelet Show

The bracelet show at Kathleen Sommers in San Antonio, Texas opened last night and runs though next saturday December 15th. I have three bracelets on view. If you you live in the area head on over and take a peak, there are over 100 bracelets for sale by the following artists. Wish I could see them all myself!

This is one of the bracelets that I sent down for the show. Sterling silver with a cute little flower made from license plate and a piece of tin from a candy container. This piece was inspired by my collection of native American jewelry.

Amuck workshops!

Hi all! Iam finally planning my first workshop. I've had many requests for these but have never had the space to offer classes. Just a couple of weeks ago I became aware of a great community workshop. So, now I'm in the planning stages and would love some feedback.

Do you like taking classes that have a specific project to make or a looser plan? What's your fav piece of jewelry to make: bracelets,earrings, brooches,rings,necklaces?

What classes have you taken that you thought were exceptional and why?

I will definitely be going over many cold connections and incorporating found objects into jewelry. Right now I'm compiling some images that I think are inspiring to make a little idea booklet.

Ok, off to do more research. I look forward to hearing from you!

Double sided earrings

I got this new app called Diptic yesterday, really cool. Works great for showing multiple views in one photo.

Earrings made from a curve in the road street sign, vintage noisemaker, license plate and sterling silver.

Street heART updated

I've updated the large street heART necklace, what do you think? A larger tube rivet, hammered edge, fancy bail and a sterling rolo chain rather than ball chain.

In case you didn't see the news on Facebook or Flickr, I'm having a sale in the Etsy shop right now.

What have I been up to?

Actually, what haven't I been up to lately might be a better question. I've been taking graphic design classes at night at the Kansas City Art Institute. Im starting to learn how to use this computer! I'm also taking a hand lettering class on Saturdays for the next couple of months. I've always been intrigued by engraving and I hope in the future to be able to add some hand lettering via engraving into my metalwork. I'm picturing engraved flourishes into the wings of my Citybird pieces!

Lots of skulls have been on my workbench this past month. I've been busy getting all of the following pieces ready for the upcoming exhibition "From Minimal to Bling" being held at The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston this winter.


As mentioned in a previous post I am now on the creative team for Ice Resin this year and have just received my first batch of goodies to come up with some projects with. As I was waking up this morning an idea started formulating in my brain so I'm off to play with Ice Resin this afternoon.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Pasties and more

Last nights opening of Broad Culture was quite the success. The gallery space was packed the entire evening. Our show was tattoo/burlesque themed. I came up with so many great ideas under these themes, if only there had been more time to execute them all.

My first piece was a selection of pasties. The titles from top to bottom are: "Crank Me Up"(painted aluminum and the handles from vintage noisemakers) "Vanilla Fresh"(made from a vanilla wafer cookie tin,aluminum and vintage beads)
"Come Out and Play?"(made from vintage circus themed noisemakers,painted aluminum and vintage beads).

I am especially proud of the this piece titled "Rosy". I'm crazy for the size of this necklace, there will definitely be more over the top sized pieces coming from Amuck this year,look out!!

Rosy is made from a curve in the road street sign,brass,sterling silver,the packaging from a spring roll wrapper(rose) a couple of beautiful red vintage beads and the enormously chunky black aluminum chain(I found this chain on our last trip to NY and was saving it for a special piece).


This photo is a great example of how Amuck pieces "glow".

The "Iam Woman" brooch is made from a Men Working street sign,brass,copper and sterling rivets. Again, I love the size of this.


Thank you to all my friends here in Kansas City that came out for the event and to the Kansas City Society of Burlesque for their performance, it was super fun to watch!

Upcoming Show

A burlesque and tattoo themed show, you know this is gonna be fun! Come check out the metal pasties that I'm making for the exhibit.