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Thought = Reality

Those of you who know my jewelry are probably aware that one of the significant components of my artistic range is my line of voodoo charms. Somewhat of a pioneer myself in the manufacture of Vodou themed jewelry, I am the only designer in the world who creates the veves in a three-dimensional form that[…]

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Project Bejeweled Cuffs

For the past six months I was involved in a large project of creating bejeweled silver cuffs with prong-set gems for a client. It was a daunting project, I had never done anything like it before. Had rarely, in fact, ever prong-set a stone – just bezel settings, much less soldered these settings onto large[…]

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Gratitude

I am truly blessed to be a successful working artist. Every once in a while it hits me. After creating jewelry professionally for over twenty years I think I can finally feel I have achieved my goal – to make a mark upon the world, and to touch peoples’ hearts with my gift. Looking back[…]

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Bullet Holes

Art is in my blood, my soul; to create art is the reason I was put here on earth. In the twenty years that I have been a professional jewelry artist, I have felt the ever-present conflict between my conservative side of myself and my wild bohemian side, the gainfully employed adult versus the free[…]