08/25/2026
🐝✨ **Well… today was interesting.**
I spent part of the day working at a slight disadvantage after getting into a quarrel with a few wasps who apparently decided that the outdoor desk I like to use for soldering belonged to *them*.
**Four stings. Four different fingers.**
They won the first round. 😏
It put me down for a few hours—and my fingers are still making their displeasure known—but there was work to be done.
Tonight, I finished the sculptural foundation of one of the most complicated pieces in these collections: **layers of delicate filigree leaves, thick richly gilded leaves, gold-plated butterflies, flowers, and stones still waiting to be set.** Before the night is over, the flowers will be soldered into place and the stones set.
This one, fittingly, will be completed in the early hours.
And no… **I am not showing you that one yet.** 😏
Instead, here’s a little glimpse of something else taking shape on the workbench: pendants of **white marble, black obsidian, and river stones in shades of black, gray, and warm brown**, finished with silver and gold details.
Some carry silver-plated sterling medallions with a beautifully lively tarnish; others are accented in **18k gold over sterling silver**. The large silver leaf is exactly that—silver—and the gold bails are **10k gold filigree leaves, shaped to each stone, cold-soldered and reinforced using a traditional jewelry-pasting technique once used to help fine-jewelry bails endure.**
A little old-world technique. A little raw stone. A little Larkspur Edit. ✧
Tomorrow, I tackle photography and begin the catalog for **all three collections** as I prepare for the website launch—officially aiming for **September 1st**, though truthfully, it may land somewhere in that first week.
I cannot wait to finally share it all with you—and with whoever else may find their way here.
**Jewelry is sculpture meant to be worn.**
Chat soon, friends.
**The break is over. Back to the studio.** ✨