Another opal in homage to Sir Franklin’s ill fated 1845 expedition to the Arctic. Poems by Emily Dickinson. The orange, yellow and white in the opal is referred to as potch, uncolored opal. Not every opal blazes with rainbow color. Some carry
A lapis night sky smush with Canadamark diamond North Star, flanked by 2 purple sapphire smushes, Montana sapphire on left @misfitsapphires and a Tanzanian sapphire on the right @anzagems What gem dreams are made of 💜💙💜 photo of the Statue of Libe
Porthole; portal. A North Star diamond set in a blue lapis sky with 4 diamonds in lieu of window rivets. If you ask Worthy, every window is a ship window in some form, a porthole. They are round, rectangular and square. I just call them portals becau
I still make lakes, a lot of lakes! #squamlake #newhampshire #lake
My cousin @andipfau says she loves this first photo of me. The studio vibes are fun and 24/7 exploratory mode of laughs and fuck ups, successes and lessons learned, a lot of listening to myself and thinking about the methods I work with. Someone rece
Aqua blue dreams forever. 18ky aquamarine smush earrings. Everything blue is the studio theme lately. @stachuragemstones 📸 @coleimage
Help, Thanks, Wow - Anne Lamott. Trust the process.
9 years. 9 years in recovery today. 9 years ago was my last day of counting day 1. This has been the most challenging year of my life but I’m still showing up, for myself, for others, finding joy and love in my life. Still searching for the ete
Who’s ready to jump in the lake with me?! #lakegeorge #jewelry
Studio bench behind the scenes: lots of tools and mostly fueled by caffeine and lacroix
Emerald April 💚🦚
All things blue in the studio this month. #lapis @laltanyc SOLD
Smushes became the final title for these 18ky hammered blobs of gold. I love the euphonic nature of the word smush. Symbolizing lateral red port and green starboard navigation lights. We’re all searching for something. You are the captain of yo
96 rotations around the sun! Happy birthday Mema.
I’m so grateful for everyone who has been following along with my work the past year, so much of what I’ve been doing is me in the studio in exploratory mode which provides the luxury of failing, embracing the discomfort of fucking up. Pa
My children are a constant source of entertainment, not the ideal marketing team I was hoping for, alas, Junie is quite funny. I’m confident her teacher thinks I’m a gremlin hammering away in the basement.
All the emeralds for April: 2mm emerald smush studs from Tanzania, 2mm post consumer emerald smush dangles, 2mm smush green beryl from Nigeria @columbiagemhouse Did you know: In Egyptian tradition, the color green was associated with renewal, life, g
Happy birthday to my brother Dom, founder of Local, started in his college dorm room and in our parents garage; how the best bands and businesses started. From needing to “know a guy” to get a shirt, Dom and Matt went on to expand their l
I fell in love with this sunset padparadascha sapphire and this stunning landscape opal at the @ethicalgemsuppliers show at @brooklynmetalworks this past fall. I absolutely love the combination of the smush and the landscape together. Big swoon. I da