Brew Buttons

These are from my newest series of jewelry. I've been collecting bottle caps for years, just picking them up off the street whenever I see them, along with any other interesting bits of rusty metal. The original intent was to use them in collage, but they haven't turned up there as often as I thought they would. Some how the idea popped into my head to combine the bottle caps with some of the pearl buttons I've stockpiled over the years. So I got a good metal punch and some tiny brass nuts and bolts, and started making jewelry. I love the mix of high and low; caps from beer bottles that I find in the gutter mixed with pearl buttons that could have graced the fine linen tailor-made Grandmother wore on her sojourn to Egypt in 1915 ...

The Colour of Rain

I was inspired (let's be honest: I swooned) by this quote from one of my favorite books, "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke.

"She wore a gown the colour of storms, shadows and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets."

Such a beautiful image. It reminded me of the colors in these earrings (pale smoky quartz, and labradorite).

I guess I'll have to make a second pair to offer for sale, as I don't think I can give these up.

New Blog!

I was finally talked into doing this... So watch this space for information and photos of my jewelry and art.

I've been making art as long as I can remember; I started making jewelry about 10 years ago. I started working with beads, but have recently added found objects and chin to the mix. I get a lot of my inspiration from found objects: bottle caps, buttons, old photographs. Any type of object could end up in a piece of jewelry, a collage, or a sculpture.