These past few months have been a lot of fun. Almost my whole family has summer birthdays so I’ve been making gifts and other new jewelry. The heat in my garage studio is intense, but it can’t keep me away from the metal and the…

Here’s a selection of the new jewelry I designed and crafted over the past month. I used to use a lot more copper but shifted at some point towards using mostly silver. Lately I’ve been bringing back the copper and I love…

Today I recorded a video to demonstrate the basics of using a jeweler’s saw. I love teaching skills to others, but making a video has always felt so daunting. Once I got started filming it was way smoother than I expected…

Today I made a necklace and I let the metal guide me. The silver was a sharp piece with a few circles cut from its sides. I rounded its spikes and edges, then found a piece of copper with a…

Copper is a fun metal to work with. It’s soft after heating, but can be hardened to be pretty resilient. I love hearing the sound difference between hitting soft and hard copper. Its natural color has a wonderful warmth, but the variety of…