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Remember when I first came back from the workshop in California and I introduced the bronze and steel combos? 

This large bar was not finished in that it didn't have the blackening patina on it.  I received the patina recently and decided I needed to finish it today. 

I like it with the thicker rolo chain.  I will be working on bronze and steel pieces after my upcoming release.  

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Like my last post, this is about an updated design.  This time, it's the vertical bead necklace, Pico Azores.

Meet Palomas - which means "dove" in Spanish.  It's an island which fits my Isles Collection.  Palomas will come in three bead sizes:  large, medium and small.  

Apparently, Paloma is also a tequila and grapefruit cocktail.  Hmm, might have to try that this summer!

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You may remember my Caprice necklace; a horizontal coral reef bronze bead on beadwire.  

Well in my next release, you will meet it's cousin Lucia. Ooh-la-la, Lucia is a modern update on the horizontal bar necklace with my bronze hand carved beads, on a gold-fill rolo chain.  

She will come in 4 sizes, from mini (1/2 inch) all the way up to large (2 inches) - you choose what suits you. 

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I know - silly Easter pun.  I think we could all use some silliness in the face of the world situation right now, don't you?  

These are all my coral reef bead earrings - current (Skye and Minoan) and those to be released vewy vewy soon.  (The laughs just keep coming...)

Look for the collection release some time in the next week.  AND if you want to be first to shop these lovely earrings, then sign up to my email list, pronto.  

I got my order from Nezza Naturals today.  With the multiple hand washings (and dryings) and sometimes not being able to wash, I decided I needed a bit of a kit for work.

The hand sanitizer was a collaboration between Nezza and and Victoria Distillers.  They have been donating 20% of the sanitizer to local essential service workers.  

I already loved Nezza Naturals, but this collaboration in the face of a pandemic is fantastic! 

Have you found local businesses that have made a difference like this?  

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I mixed it up with my jewelry selection this week without really planning it, grabbing what was top of the pile.

Even though I am a bit windswept and rained upon, I wanted to show you how they look together.  

This is my Minoan Earrings with an Ocean Curl Pendant, both made from handcarved bronze.  

I think I have a new favourite combo!

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As an artist, I have names that I refer to my series of pieces before I give them their "real" names, the ones that will appear on my website.

These ones are called "dangles", because the chain dangles from a bead.  Single dangles...

And double dangles.  

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Physical distancing means more creative time for me right now.  

These drops are simple; one bead on a length of chain.  Or sometimes two drops together.

Yet they are elegant.  You could say Elegantly Audacious!  

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In this time of physical distancing, our public libraries are closed.  In between playing with my beads to make pretty things, I read A LOT. 

I have a small space, so purchasing new books is not practical for me. I do go to our large annual book sale (proceeds go to literacy programs), but that is not happening this spring as it usually would. 

That is why the little free libraries in my neighbourhood are so fantastic.  I visited this one the other day and traded three books.  

And look there is one specifically filled with children's books across the street!  These are a great way for me to not only get outside, but also indulge in reading.  Plus, it's like that box of chocolates; I never know what books I will come across.  

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Focussed time on creating pieces with my bronze coral reef beads is yielding results.  

These ones are stacks - vertical pendants in twos and threes.  

And horizontal ones both as earrings and necklaces.  

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What does "sculptural" jewelry mean? 

To me, sculptural jewelry means that it is somewhat 3D and made by hand, much like any other sculptural would be. 

I do form and carve each of my beads by hand; they are my little sculptures.  

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I thought I would dangle some chain at the end of some beads and these ideas came out.  Mini plus small bead, perhaps for everyday wear.  

And small plus medium for more boldness.  

Or how about doubling up on beads?  

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