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09/03/2026

Friends, thank you for your protectiveness. I appreciate your oversight, and I know defensiveness comes from an affection that I'm genuinely honored to have earned.

That said, as long as there are artists, there will always be folks whose styles and designs blur against the edges of others' styles and designs. Particularly in the metals world, there are many of us whose vibe carries echoes of things we've been exposed to along the way. I know that I have been influenced by other smiths in different eras of my work, and I also know that I've been personally horrified *more than once* to see how closely a design of mine mirrored another that turned out to have already been out in the world. I trust that most folks and their intentions here are good.

For some things, there will just be overlap. I did not invent totems, or asymmetry, or texture; and though there are some designs and elements I'm very fond of thinking I did "birth," I have no illusion that someone, somewhere in time, has not or will not stumble near similar inspiration. I am proud to execute my work carefully, with quality and with love, and in the company of other artists even as I carve out my little unique niche among them.

Anyway. I've said this before, but a recent uptick in messages hints it's time for me to say it lovingly again. There's room for us all, the world is vast. I'm happy to be a part of yours. 🥰

Also, this here is a moss kyanite whose inclusions I'm not sure you can see clearly but are a lovely rusty red and I find that to be so special. 14/20 gold bezel, on a deeply-etched silver ginkgo backdrop.

Also x2, THANK you for dropping your ring sizes recently! That really helped me to recalibrate my understanding of how you're wearing them. I'm excited to get some out to you. ⭐️

09/01/2026

Here is a pure silver pendant celebrating The Little Prince, a book that's both enchanted and vexed me since I was a child, and particularly the fox, who taught that "what is essential is invisible to the eye."

And happy "-ber" month period, to all who celebrate. ⭐️

08/28/2026

There is a small batch of small sunstones, meticulously selected at a recent gem show for having more rare rainbowy inner trailings, burning a hole on my benchtop in their need to become rings.

I've been churning out bespoke rings behind the scenes, like this sweet wedding set, but of course they're sized--it's been a minute since a public ring drop around here where I have to give my best guess at what might generally fit.

Below will you drop me your ring size and on which finger you most prefer to wear rings? Even if you're not in the market at the moment, it'd be useful to get a gauge. I appreciate it! (If you don't know your size, that's useful info too... I wonder how many folks don't.)

I'll try to get some clips of these sunstones in Stories. They're beauts. ⭐️

08/26/2026

I'd like to say that I remember the name of this type of natural opal, but my catalog record of it is unclear and I haven't worked with it in a good minute for innate memory to help. I can say that set in a 14/20 gold bezel and on a deeply-etched field of sterling silver ginkgo, I find it to be lovely.

A lovely little mystery. ⭐️

08/25/2026

Life skills include getting the photo angle juuust right in the light to coax out the labradorescence. (That's the feldspar gleam common to labradorite, not to be confused with the feldspar gleam of moonstone, known as adularescence. TMYK 🌈)

14/20 gold bezel, sterling silver, labradorite. ⭐️

08/24/2026

It's that time of year: the latesummer Monday when my lovely progeny return to school, and I return to my workbench to once again delight and concern my neighbors with the delicate sounds of goldsmithing.

I am a metaphorical honking goose in my own right, baby. I herald both the change of the seasons and upcoming delights. HEED MY CACOPHONY. 🦆

Here are two sister pendants made with synth opals that I wanted to evoke the flash of white and red koi beneath the water. What is it about fish scales that are so evocative? Love them so.

These are listed now. Many more treasures are coming. Darlings, we dance into late-stage capitalism ✨️bejeweled.✨️

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08/09/2026

This afternoon I got my mind so pleasantly obliterated by a rabbi (which just autocorrected to rabbit, which frankly I'd also probably rush to share with you).

Back when I was stage performing, we learned the cardinal rule of improv: the "yes, and." In essence, an actor should accept what another improviser has offered ("yes") and then expand on it ("and"). This doesn't preclude disagreements between the characters, but by not rejecting the basic premises introduced and, rather, exploring/building on them, actors find good flow and keep communication receptive and ennervated.

This principle has gone on to guide me, and many, in a broader sense in life. It fosters effective communication in general, a free sharing of ideas, constructive response, and healthy relationship.

Today, hit me with this mental banger: God (or Source, or however you like it) as your improv partner. ✨️ Even if you've prepared (oh hey, control addicts!), you must be ready to let go and "yes, and" as you see your scene taking a different tack. The worst thing you can do in improv is deny--kills the scene dead. Similarly, spiritually, resistance is the source of so much deep suffering. "Yes, and" is radical acceptance: not approval, agreement, or liking... not passivity or resignation... simply complete acknowledgement, accepting reality as it is, without judgment or resistance. And then building from there.

Anyone else love this as much as I do? Man!

So I'd made these earrings with rose gold threads and I was going to do something with the name that implied cosmic link between Source and Self. And then I heard this, and immediately thought of "Whose Line" Is It, Anyway. 🙃

There are seven pairs available for you after I snatched one to keep, many color options. These are featherlite--you can hardly feel them in. Happy improv. ⭐️

07/29/2026

In today's adventures in Overcoming Scarcity Mindset, I finally reached in my library for this incredible pair of royston ribbon turquoises because listen folks, it ain't getting any less weird out here and beauty and joy is something we've got.

Go-go-gadget defiance.⭐️

07/09/2026

Been watching the mail for months waiting for new roling mill plates, and they've finally come! Boy, they did not disappoint. Absolutely in love. ⭐️

07/08/2026

Another reliqiary, in a rainbow-lit window. It continues to be my honor to work with sacred slivers of someone's time here on earth--a lock of hair, a slip of paper, a snip of cloth--either in memoriam, or as a memory of a younger self at a later milestone.

Outside, picking the dill flower for this photo, I smelled autumn on the air. Yes, it is July 8. My family laughs at me but every year, right around the Summer Solstice, I observe the first leaves begin to yellow and fall quietly, laying sparsely at the edges of the road. No abundant fanfare yet, no heralding chill, but clear sign of the next quarter slowly spinning towards us.

I could find it gloomy, that the seed of a thing's undoing is hidden in plain sight, in all creatures and all things. Maybe at one point in my life it would have been more melancholy. But indeed, to every thing: there is a season. May we all gently arrive at the exhaled, un-grasping comprehension that in truth this is a feature, not a bug.

Turn, turn, turn. ⭐️

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