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Yes, I realize that my shop boasts inspirations from architectural landmarks across the globe, and for most of my jewelry collection this is true. However, for the Clochán necklace, this is a bit of a stretch to say the least.   The inspiration, Giant's Causeway, has been declared a Northern Ireland national nature reserve, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and is one of seven natural wonders of the United Kingdom (thanks Wikipedia!). To be fair, I started designing this jewelry piece when the whole notion of starting a business was just a hazy idea tucked back somewhere in my conscience. Once I...

The breathtaking interior of Musee d'Orsay in Paris is the inspiration behind the jewelry piece Voûte.  This necklace is one of the very first pieces of jewelry that I started to design in my metal etching and enameling class, and the one that made me think maybe I could do this whole jewelry design thing.  So needless to say I adore it. As you can see, this piece has transformed from the earlier designs from an enameled pendant to the lasercut wood and brass pendant shown below. Tom and I visited Musee d'Orsay on our "holiday" in Europe.  Americans really don't use the...

Finally our newest addition "Domus" has made it's way to the shop.  I've actually been working on this jewelry piece from the beginning, but it just took a few more tweaks to get just right.   This necklace is inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.  I know some of you are happy to have another inspired piece from the good ol' US of A, and Tom and I were happy to have another excuse to travel to one of our favorite cities to visit this museum. Frank Lloyd Wright is the architect of the building. This was his final great...

I recently had the opportunity to submit a proposal for one of my pieces to be carried in the very building that inspired it (hopefully more to follow on that topic, fingers crossed!), and one of the questions among many was: "What inspired you to become an artist/business owner?"   I thought this topic would be a good jumping off point for my first blog post. Before sharing my response, here's a quick blurb about getting to the point where I could actually answer this question. For better or worse, I often find myself doing things on a whim. I come up...