Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

Lou thinks they're cool but wonders where these weird images are coming from. He thinks I'm a little scary. But look at the drawings...

Weather changes in Cleveland are never subtle. It's April and we are having 80 plus degree weather. Although it's great to have all ...

Catherine from Happy Day Art listed a link to Scribbler on Facebook a while back and I have been obsessed ever since. I have been making mu...

Many of you know that I am a lampwork bead addict. I don't make them myself but I have scoured the planet and found a few artists whose ...

My summer is filling up. I was accepted into the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Craftfair at Hathaway Brown. I did this show last year. It was m...

My laptop, the Rio Tool catalog, and Sophie. Notice how Sophie has wedged herself into my work area. She has this need to be the center of...

Pictures of the original and the bronze piece I made from the mold. An old key. Bali Coral made into a round pendant. The next two are piec...

not molting, not moldy....molding...just about everything I can get my hands on. I went through an entire shipment of Belicone. Not it's...

My little pieces parts all shined up..... A two layer pendant with two different sides. I fired it vertically and each side came out a diff...

Pulled these out of the kiln this afternoon. I leave the bronze in the kiln until it is cooled to room temperature. Usually because I fire o...

For once we didn't go to a family dinner for a holiday. Is it Instead we went to the Cleveland Art Museum to see the Art and Power in th...

Earrings...aka test strips. I put a few of these in each run and test them for strength when they come out. If they break I put the batch b...

All shined up. They came out quite nicely. I'm still loving the crack in this one. Ben helped me with my drawings and did some filing ...