Welcome to the jewelry studio tour!
Love my Peace Banner! It is on my studio door to remind me through out the day to stay calm and not stress out even when all it crazy around me! Also it reminds me to spread the word of peace whenever possible! Positive affirmations really work for me!!! I learned this great tip and many others from the awesome Dianne Wenz she is a vegan Holistic Health counselor and if you need to destress your life or learn some healthy tips you really should get in touch with her! She is the best...check out her site: http://www.diannewenz.com/
Also check out her veggie resource site at: http://www.veggiegirl.com/
View of the studio in the background from the garden and where my tiny little peppers are growing! Also here is the pond, the lily pad is blooming and also the fishes just had babies!! So I when I take a break to stretch my back I love watching them...they are so cute!! When the weather is cooler I usually have in the windows open so I can hear the fountain which is very relaxing and keeps me from stressing out!!
I have animal medallion stickers on both of the skinny windows by the door... Love these!!!!
I love my Shepard Fairey print !!!! I try to do this every day!!!
This is the polishing area this is where the sterling items get a really high polished finish also where I do satin finishing on most items.
Letter stamping area~ This is where the words come into the picture!! I use letter stamps and a hammer to stamp each individual letter that you see in a piece!
Soldering area~ Above is the Oxy/Acetylene tanks
This is where I solder all the loops and silver misc. together
The bench pen where I spend most of my days!
I get asked a lot how I learned how to make jewelry so here is a brief bit. At first I started on my own then took some classes at the Craft Guild of Dallas and also worked with two other jewelers a long the way. A couple of my favorites resources are below! The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight is a must have!!! Metalsmith magazine is just so inspiring creatively!
But really the key I feel to making jewelry is that you really, really, need to love it!! It is really messy , labor intensive, detail oriented work and behind the scenes is just not glamorous at all so I feel like in order to stick with jewelry making it really needs to speak to you in some creative way!!! Fortunately for me it does and I LOVE it!!
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Love these!!! These are my inspiration cards...little thank you notes and mementos from happy clients! I cherish these...they remind me of how thoughtful and connected we all are as people and the images remind me to always keep working to get the messages of those that have no voice out in whatever positive way I can.
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