Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

When I first started working in bronze, I hung the pendants from simple chains.  About 2 years ago I started mixing different sizes of chain...

An awesome pair of beaded shoes by Christian Louboutin.  No idea how much they cost but I'm sure I can't afford them.  And even if ...

Theft is never a good thing.  In the context that Austin Kleon uses the words "theft" and "steal"... they are more like...

Getting pepper sprayed over discontinued toys.....rioting over $2 waffle irons....REALLY.  I find the whole phenomena of Black Friday disgus...

A few weekends back I took a repousse class with Hollly Gage .  Great class.  The technique is something that I've been wanting to try o...

I ended up in the emergency eye clinic this week.  I took a hit in the eye with the hook of a bungee cord while setting up for the show.  I ...

We all have stories of comments that are made to us or that we've overheard while doing a show.  I remember two years ago at Cain Park I...

The show is over.  It was a good one for me.  Good thing since I'm only doing two shows this year.  It's a lot of work and I don...

I was going to put up a photo essay of my booth construction.  I thought it might be fun to see it take shape.  I got two photos into it and...

I have really been off the grid lately.  I am exhibiting at the By Hand Show at the IX Center next weekend.  The show runs November 11-13th....

I have an entire huge strand of bells from the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria.  I'm using them to make necklaces just in time fo the holiday...

There is something that feels so right about putting beads in with my bronze work.  I've said it before...it's like coming home to m...

My workbench turns into such chaos when I'm working.  I was thinking that I needed a bunch of small containers to hold all the little pi...

A while ago I stumbled on Austin Kleon's blog and a post called How to Steal Like an Artist .  A number of his points resonated with me...

I mentioned before that I'm throwing non-metal beads into the mix when I'm designing.  And with all the beads that I have in the hou...

Sometimes I just love spam e-mail.  I got this one today.... Re: Payment Notification: We are writhing to know if it's true that you...

I've just listed two shows that I have coming up.  In November I will be at the By Hand Show at the IX center and in December I'm at...