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
19 years ago I made my first Lake George necklace for my grandmother. It was a rough sharpie sketch on silver, cut out with my jeweler’s saw, stamped with my PFAU stamp on the back, sanded and polished. I made it in the Staten Island apartment,
Eternally lingering moon magic. Sapphire pendant smushes, lilac purple @anzagems and a deep purple Winza sapphire, both from Tanzania.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul. To assist some portion of this poor suffering
Moon maxing. Joy maxing the moon. The moon is now my entire personality. Circling the moon was what our collective humanity needed. This week is beginning each new day with intention, with purpose. More joy. Joy despite it all. David Bowie and Justin
Moon Joy @misfitsapphires
In love with June’s self portrait drawing
Jack Kornfield said “The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf”. May I propose a meditation to move through, offering acceptance of the impermanence of life, adapting to the challenges and finding peace amidst inevitable change. So I pr
Smushes heading out to their new homes: heart tourmaline, 4mm aquamarine and Australian opal ring @ancients17collection ❤️💙💜
Kids, cats, gems and spring break things.
Mary Oliver forever.
Junie lost her first top tooth. She’s over the moon excited to show everyone tomorrow! 🧚
If asked what I’ve been up to lately in the studio I would answer: Transcending this current moment through meditations on water and landscape, time and mortality; narrating a seascape, creating art, gems, rocks, doing math + cats, because in t
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 because they’re all windows. You can imagine yourself on an airplane, a spaceship, it’s all a way
Embarking on a unicorn adventure 🦄💜 Purple Montana Sapphire Smush @misfitsapphires Opal landscape @brokenrivermining Deep Purple Sapphire Smush from Tanzania @anzagems Thank you @judithhoyt77 for the steel sail
The Lunar Blood Moon Eclipse is a portal. Jade Moon Smush 💚🌕 posted on my website today
The Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo marks the final day of Lunar New Year. We are offered an eclipse as a portal to alignment and transformation. I love the pairing of this Heart shaped dendritic agate and gold Jade Moon Smush. I fell deeply in lo
Grandpa Andy 2/26/98 ❤️
Snow skiing with June 🩷💜 @belleayre