Gail's Tales...and Jewelry Design

Bought myself a present.  These are some big ass bells...LOL.  They are very cool and have some great patina on them. They kind of loo...

I don't pre-order books...usually because I don't like waiting for them and I don't like giving my money to someone well in adva...

Quote from Jorge Luis Borges, a writer from Argentina.... "The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to t...

THE GAP by Ira Glass from frohlocke on Vimeo .

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...