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              20 years and memory lane...Maui.
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
In all my time as a metalsmith, I’ve never been so good at big collections. Especially ones that felt important.  But I’m getting there with this...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
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              Bringin' in the CUSTOM:  2025 opportunities to work with me!
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
 
BIG FAT EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 
I am opening my 2025 books for CUSTOM work for the first time, officially, ever.
Custom work: She’s a hard nut f...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
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              Solstice Rite
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
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In October of this year, I crawled into the bogs of the family lakeshore, hoping to create an image I had been dreaming of for nearly the ent...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
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              It Takes The Time It Takes - unabridged
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                These words are from December 2022, last holiday season, when a fellow smithy was rudely reprimanded online for her lack of inventory during a holi...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
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              The Wait: A Spring poem for that Rocky Mountain Way
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
 
 
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The Wait
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I wanted to embody spring
but the snow kept coming.
The sun kept hiding and
I couldn't wait for green.
So I made my own v...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
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              It takes the time it takes: unabridged.
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
It takes the time it takes. 
 
I went to bed after reading a post from a fellow MT smithy last night feeling very frustrated and sad about the sta...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
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              Case for Making: Colortober Watercolor Challenge!
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
 
 
For the month of October, I took up a challenge offered by a sweet little Watercolor Shop in San Francisco, CA that I happened to follow onlin...
              
            
            
            
           
         
      
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              Summer's Gold, a lil' Preview
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                Summer's GOLD collection...Available July 18th 7pm MST! Shop HERE.
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              Summer's Gold, the Muses
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
For the Wallflowers and the Fashionistas and the Lionhearted and the Brave.
For the blurry line between magic and just being your magical self. 
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              Box Of Darkness: On Happiness and Melancholy
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                 A gallery in entirety of this piece can be found HERE.
 
There’s nothing clearer to me now than a year ago today:
You must master your darkness.
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              'Wherever You Are The Moon Comes Too' - A Necklace
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                Update: This Piece has SOLD at Altitude Gallery in Bozeman, but
You can see a collection of my work there alongside this awesome OOAK piece!  
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              February's Full Moon ~ Muses
            
          
          
            
            
              
                
              
            
            
              
                
 
 February has become a powerful month in the studio, both in practice and in inspiration.  The winter light this time of year is nearly horizont...
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
    
   
 
    
    
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