Less is More

Earrings of Venetian style lampwork and Sterling silver

I've been working on new designs for the summer craft show market. I, at last feel that I am honing in on the personal style that was my original goal. 4 years ago when I decided to take my design career and background into a new direction by making jewelry, I had a concept but it wasn't fully developed. I started out by buying everything that I liked at the Washington Society Bead show and from the typical internet purveyors. I trained myself by experimenting, reading, observing at the ACC Baltimore show, MOMA, SFMOMA, The Smithsonian Crafts shows, etc.

One of my recent creations is a pair of earrings that are great in person, but they are impossible to photograph. They really need to be modeled and I don't want to get into that. Probably half the job of selling jewelry on the internet is photographing the work. I'm really trying for a museum look for my photos. Slowly the work and the photos become a unified look.

I'm a "Less is More" disciple. I buy materials that speak to me, and I want them to stand out, nothing tarted up.

And I also find that naming them, is lots of fun!

Quotations for an artist to follow:

"simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" ~ Leonardo di Vinci

I was reminded of this quote today and decided it should be added to my list of favorites which include:


"Less is more" ~ Mies van de Rohe

"I am always satisfied with the best" ~ Oscar Wilde ( I think that this does not necessarily mean the most expensive, just the best solution)

"Color is like food for the spirit- plus it’s not addictive or fattening" ~ Issac Mizrahi

"One should be a work of art or wear a work of art" ~ Oscar Wilde

~ As an artist these are words I try to live by. If you use the best materials with clarity of form, there is no reason to add unnecessary extras.

peace for men

I'm having fun making new peace jewelry for men, with new old 60's stock, found in a warehouse, that I am transforming into items that can be worn by men, or anyone, for that matter.