Me and the reason I make stuff

I have made things since I was a kid.
Our garage was stuffed to the gills with arts & crafts materials, tools, a tiny jigsaw my Dad used to fashion model boats with, scale trains, accompanying model landscapes and the ever present fix-it projects of my Mother. Even my favorite shows to watch, when I was little, were usually pretty creative. I'd laugh and laugh with my grandpa as the 'Lil'Rascals' would make a machine with a squirrel running on a wheel to power a wooden device that would send a snowball flying. All pretty outrageous and silly, but those kids seemed they could do anything and I kinda believed I could too.

I think my Grand Pa knew I could because my favorite place was in the garage, with him as he tinkered and puttered around, and he always welcomed me there. Always something brewing on the bench and Goddess knows it usually had something to do with electricity and a soldering gun. He would help me try out my hand if I was curious, guiding me and talking me through the process. That could be scary and thrilling but I would walk away feeling ever so powerful. There was one thing I was never allowed to touch though. The scariest thing of all was the table saw, sitting with magnificent, menacing glory in the middle of the garage. It had hideously large teeth and looked like if given half a chance, it would start itself and chase you down! When Grand Pa fired up the table saw, we all took a respectful giant-step backwards.

Now I have my own shop. My own bench, littered with things and stuff and what-nots. I work there nearly every day making metal and gems behave, trying to divine what the fey folk and the elven family heirlooms will be this season. Being a bit rebellious by nature, you won't find too many "conventional" jewelry pieces here. My favorite jewelers are fantastic artists creating wonders rather than common jewelry. Angela Blessing, Faberge, Sergio Bustamante, Erte and the divine, delightful Candace Stolley of Bindu Jewelry, all have had a major impact on my stylistic charge. I aspire to create to the visions dancing in my head, but for now I offer the trickle I am capable of tapping into at this time and welcome you back always!

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