field of flower earrings - cw

hot off the press - earrings made from aluminum cans and aluminum welding rod - almost too cute for me!

Tree of Knowledge-Allogamy cw

Sculpture detail-part of the 'Pollination" show at the Santa Fe Community Gallery opening June 25, 2010. This piece is forged steel, paper, wood and encaustic.

Encaustic Painting with Kids - cw

This is a bit of a side track, but we had a lot of fun making encaustic monotypes. Here are some of the paintings the kids made! Encaustic is painting with hot wax-here the kids used a hot plate and transferred their images to paper.

'roadkill metal' detail shot - cw

This is a detail shot from The Persian Butterfly, a one-of-a-kind neck piece. I love the quality of the metal where it has been worn down and the warm tones created by the patina over the existing pattern. Again, this is inspired by all the worn out, repainted, run over, man-handled pieces of metal out there.

tree of knowledge-stasis cw

A recently completed sculpture in the Tree of Knowledge series. This is encaustic, transfer, graphite and steel on paper.

"CRUSH" on glass - cw

New photo with more to follow soon! New "CRUSHES" with texture and interesting remnants. Need to haul out the camera, glass, mini tent and my computer patience - then I will post them! Just had a fun little trunk show here in Santa Fe!

inspiration - cw

We just got back from two trunk shows in Southern California! Naturally, it was chaos so I do not have photos. But let me tell you about one man who bought a "CRUSH". This is a man who gardens, landscapes and does other hard outside work. All my years growing up, we would see him with his mower working hard. He is gruff and a little scary (as a kid). He sports a fishing cap, a T-shirt and a jacket to keep the sun off. Anyway, he liked the necklaces and got one to wear for fun and as a conversation piece. This was really fun for me.................! I enjoy that my daughter and her friends, 10ish, love them and my dad, 70ish, also wears one 24/7. It is fun seeing who is tickled by these and who isn't!

"CRUSH" on