I recently got a call from the CBS props manager for the TV show “NCIS New Orleans”. They are going to use my voodoo charm Erzulie Freda in their show in Episode 1-21. Air date for this episode is April 28, 2015. What a thrill!
As Seen On TV!
Creating a Master
Creating a Master Veve: A Veve is a religious symbol commonly used in Haitian Vodou. It acts as a beacon for the Loa spirit, and serves as a Loa’s representation during rituals. In the past, it was believed that the veve was derived from the beliefs of the native TaÃno people, but more recent scholarship[…]
Bill Ohrmann – An Astounding Inspiration
This man is one of my most favorite artists. He is an inspiration in person, a joy to talk to. A complex mind with such a contrasting peaceful demeanor. He taught me how to use a plasma cutter and a mig welder and gave me metal scraps to make jewelry with. Bill has a new[…]
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[…]
Just Feel The Love
The other day I came across a necklace for sale in a well-known major catalog that was so artless and uncreative, and such an affront to my sense of design that I just had to rant about it on facebook. The response I got from another artist who read what I had written just blew[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Cosmic Origin
You know what I really think about where we originally came from? I hear about various theories of intelligent design, how we may have been planted on earth as some experiment, etc… I think if we, as a human race, were part of anything greater than ourselves, such as some cosmic petrie dish experiment, whoever[…]
Check out this great featured artist interview of me:
http://christinesbeadworks.blogspot.com/2010/02/spotlight-on-cyndia-reddish.html
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[…]