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Hello! I know this is the link I provided on my business card, but I have recently started working on a new blog, better formatted to suit my needs. It is currently under construction, but please, check it out!.

My New Portfolio/Blog! It's UP

So I kidnapped some pretty ladies ......

 My lovely sister Elyse and her friend Mia graciously accepted my demands that they model some of my earrings for me. Now I need a sunny day and patience to shoot some detail shots of all of them, AND add them to my new etsy site. Send love!

So I made some DNA earrings.......

I was writing a lesson plan on the discovery of the structure of DNA when my lovely boyfriend said "You should make some DNA earrings." And by golly, I did.

Red = Adenine
Blue = Thymine
Green = Guanine
Yellow = Cytosine

Unfortunately, I did not take the time to figure out how to include the alternating phosphate and sugar residues along the backbone. Also, there is not a twist of the double helix every 10.4 base pairs, HOWEVER that only applies to DNA in its relaxed state, so I will just say it is slightly supercoiled.

Thank you Rosalind Franklin!

So I started a blog.......

I recently signed up for a booth at my first craft show, and I thought a blog would help me stay on track with the myriad of potential projects swimming in my skull.  I am currently sharing the booth with my friend Ellen, whose work you should check out on her site.  I hope to get Andrea involved as well, whose attitude and artwork gives me something to aspire to.

My crafty inclinations are a bit scattered... love to create charcoal figure drawings, take nature themed photography, make off the wall earrings, and, now, to create soldered picture frame charms.  I am really enjoying the soldered picture frame charms, as it incorporates my love of jewelry with my drawings and photography.  Artwork that has sat in the corner of my apartment, that just didn't have enough OOMPH to stand alone, has been given a new chic life when incorporated in these little charms.  My process might sound a bit tedious, but I find the steps so engrossing and fun, I barely notice how long it takes me.

The first step is picking up ideas and inspiration, which is a long and arduous process that deserves its own entry.  To allow for the amount of detail in each charm, I first create 4 inch by 4 inch collages incorporating bits and pieces of fun.

Then, after I finish the larger collage, I scan it and shrink it to fit into these 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch charms.

As you may have noticed, none of these are soldered yet.  I admit, I am a little scared.  My father has graciously offered to give me a lesson this week, so I will post updated photos when I conquer the world of soldering!  Until then, stay crafty my friends.