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- Awards Won -
2011 Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Mark East Aurora, NY
- Why Wire-Wrapped Jewelry? -
There is a sense of satisfaction in accomplishing something artistic that has a function. The challenge of a wire wrapped setting for jewelry is conquering the issue of stability and wear ability especially on one piece with many stones. My goal is to produce a piece of jewelry that no one will ever see again. I want my customers to be noticed and complimented when they wear one of my pieces so that they feel good about themselves when they wear them. I hand pick affordable unusual stones to give my clients not just a piece of wearable artwork, but at a reasonable price, because it is how I shop personally. I listen to my customer’s requests for color and stones and continually add to my line so that when a customer comes and asks me “what's new?”, I can show them many new items.
- Artist Background -
My background in art includes watercolor & porcelain painting, glass fusing in a kiln, copper foil stained glass windows, blueprint layout and interior kitchen design. I have a business and marketing college degree. I am self-taught in this technique of wire wrap setting.
- Materials & Tools-
I work with thin pieces of sterling silver and gold-filled wire that I either twist with a power drill or bend and crimp with various shaped pliers. My favorite tool for maneuvering the metal is my right thumbnail. I consider this technique almost like a weaving technique with the thin pieces of metal. Typically I design as I go and bend the metal and add pearls to the design simply in a way that I feel like that day. I work with many stones laid out in front of me and on the most challenging multi-stone pieces, I draw the layout and placement of stones and set to my drawings for balance. I love working on non-symmetrical and unusual cut stones that are not round or oval. Some of the stones I make myself in a four firing kiln process using glass and porcelain and gold leaf. In addition, I hand paint floral designs with overglaze on small porcelain stones, kiln fire multiple times, and than hand set them. I know a piece is complete when I look at it in a mirror to see if it is balanced both in viewing it straight and in reverse.
- Shows-
Since 1995, I have been producing and selling pendants, earrings and bracelets. They can be seen in person at the local arts and crafts shows in the Western New York area. I love when I am told that someone came to a show just to see me. When people see my work, I would like them to say “Wow! I have never seen anything like this”, and than be able to afford to buy it. When my work and sales are going well, I am filled with a sense of being blessed by God and humbled that people would buy the work of my hands.
2011 Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Mark East Aurora, NY
2011 Allentown Art Festival $1000 purchase Award in Jewelry Buffalo, NY2010 Allentown Art Festival Honorable Mention in Jewelry Buffalo, NY
- Why Wire-Wrapped Jewelry? -
There is a sense of satisfaction in accomplishing something artistic that has a function. The challenge of a wire wrapped setting for jewelry is conquering the issue of stability and wear ability especially on one piece with many stones. My goal is to produce a piece of jewelry that no one will ever see again. I want my customers to be noticed and complimented when they wear one of my pieces so that they feel good about themselves when they wear them. I hand pick affordable unusual stones to give my clients not just a piece of wearable artwork, but at a reasonable price, because it is how I shop personally. I listen to my customer’s requests for color and stones and continually add to my line so that when a customer comes and asks me “what's new?”, I can show them many new items.
- Artist Background -
My background in art includes watercolor & porcelain painting, glass fusing in a kiln, copper foil stained glass windows, blueprint layout and interior kitchen design. I have a business and marketing college degree. I am self-taught in this technique of wire wrap setting.
- Materials & Tools-
I work with thin pieces of sterling silver and gold-filled wire that I either twist with a power drill or bend and crimp with various shaped pliers. My favorite tool for maneuvering the metal is my right thumbnail. I consider this technique almost like a weaving technique with the thin pieces of metal. Typically I design as I go and bend the metal and add pearls to the design simply in a way that I feel like that day. I work with many stones laid out in front of me and on the most challenging multi-stone pieces, I draw the layout and placement of stones and set to my drawings for balance. I love working on non-symmetrical and unusual cut stones that are not round or oval. Some of the stones I make myself in a four firing kiln process using glass and porcelain and gold leaf. In addition, I hand paint floral designs with overglaze on small porcelain stones, kiln fire multiple times, and than hand set them. I know a piece is complete when I look at it in a mirror to see if it is balanced both in viewing it straight and in reverse.
- Shows-
Since 1995, I have been producing and selling pendants, earrings and bracelets. They can be seen in person at the local arts and crafts shows in the Western New York area. I love when I am told that someone came to a show just to see me. When people see my work, I would like them to say “Wow! I have never seen anything like this”, and than be able to afford to buy it. When my work and sales are going well, I am filled with a sense of being blessed by God and humbled that people would buy the work of my hands.
