Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

HA!  You see those quizzes all the time on Facebook.  I came up with my own spirit animal.....Hermit Crab.  I have definitely become a Hermi...

I'm drawing shapes.  Seems so basic but when it get to the bench I seem to make the same shapes over and over.  Even when I free-hand a ...

All polished up.  I'm loving some of the new textures.  It took me a long time to create them. A number of times I put them down and...

I had a chance to finish a few things this week.  They came out of the kiln last night.  Still getting amazing colors.  What appears to be t...

I finally have some pics of my new texture sheets at work.  I have fired a few loads of work and still have a few more.  Funny how the first...

The Cleveland Museum of Art is always a good idea.  Lou and I went this morning to see the "Fragments of the Invisible" exhibit.  ...

Funny last Saturday... I felt terrible with a cold but I needed something to do so I worked in the studio.  Played with some bronze.  I had ...

Cristina Leonard and I are happy to be teaching classes together again at the 2014 Bead & Button Show! We will be offering 6 metalsmithi...

Spring is never the time I clean the studio.  January is usually the time this works best.  There are no shows and all the holiday obligatio...

I've had a raging cold the last couple days and no desire to do anything physical....so a little contemplation is perfect right now.  I ...

I seem to always get sick.  I had 10 days off and luckily it was just in the last two days that I got the crud...headache, sinus pressure, s...