Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

She's just hanging out while I take jewelry pics.  .

I polished up a few of the pieces I made last week.  Next stop...the assembly bench.  These are far from finished.  I love the extra cut tha...

It's been crazy hot here in Cleveland.  Driving home on Thursday the car was reading 107 on the freeway.  Lou headed to Michigan on Frid...

New Directions is a book that "embraces the unique personality that metal clay brings in the form of jewelry, vessels, functional and d...

Got back yesterday.  It was really great to catch up with friends...especially Facebook friends.  To actually see them in person and get a c...

Jakob is the cutest little guy in the world .....and he's 1 yr old............ .

I was at my brother's on the 4th so I went beach combing for rocks and drift wood.  Textures and shapes and rocks to drill...what more c...

It's no secret that I love ethnic jewelry and artifacts.  I have quite a few books that I've bought over the years and stuffed into...

In one of these posts I think I talked about making a dozen or so etched copper plates.  Final count.....I made 43 plates.  I used copper in...

These are all plates that I have prepped for etching.  I think I've got this thing down :)  It's all about getting the metal up to ...

Lou came home tonight and told me there were Christmas lights on just down the street....I love my neighbors...don't know who they are.....

I have some obsessive tendencies when it comes to doing things....or maybe it's just that I don't want to pull out the supplies and ...

Doing some etching this weekend.  I'm converting some of my tear-away sheets into something a little more permanent and with a deeper cu...

My Dad..... He married Mom before being sent to fight in World War II in Europe.  I asked her once how she was able to endure having Dad s...

and he's chewing on a sea gull bone.  The waitress at the Hyatt was a bit surprised when she came over to see if we wanted more drinks....

I went back to work today.  My boss stuck his head in the office this morning and wanted to know if I was grumpy because I had to come back ...