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Driftwood reminds me about strength and flexibility.  

By nature, it drifts, pushed along by the water currents and doesn't resist.  

It goes with the flow, weathers the storms and comes out beautiful in the end.  

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It's not always a straight line from inspiration to final piece.  For me, it's about essence and mimicry.  And as an artist, I can allow creativity to have it's way with an idea.  

When I create something, my inspiration comes from various places - including the ocean and beach environments. These Minoan earrings are made from my coral reef beads, which bring to mind ... you guessed it...coral!

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When I am at the beach, I like to hunt for treasure from the sea.

It's exciting when I turn over a shell or a rock.

Because I never know what I am going to find!

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Sometimes 

I just want to reach out 



and touch my jewelry pieces.  

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Or more accurately, I want to go on a touring bike trip.  My friends and I have completed a number of trips over the last 15 or so years.  

We have ridden along the Great Lakes in Ontario and Quebec and here on the west coast, down into Washington State and around the US San Juan Islands and the Canadian Gulf Islands.  Not quite laughing all the way, but laughing every day for sure! 

But of course this year, no such trip will happen.  Since I miss my cycling peeps,  while I was on staycation, I sent off some cards made by my friend Deb.  And I am dreaming about next year...

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I am learning to appreciate my own jewelry as "art". You can see, I have laid out all these pieces (mostly learning pieces) as a centre piece on my table.  I get to see them and touch them and play with them daily. 

I didn't take art appreciation or any of the classics in high school or university.  I have  wandered through many of the great museums in Europe, but I definitely gravitate more to the "craft" side of arts and crafts. 

And while I have always been creative with a huge imagination, I had not really embraced the fact that I am an artist!  I viewed my work and the works of people I admired in the craft world as "artisan" work.  Now I understand the nuances of the words - my work, if not art, is seen as less valuable than "real" art (sculpture and painting, mainly).  This is patently untrue!  What I do is create art!  

 It has been interesting for me to see my work in a new light, to make that mind shift and appreciate it.  And now I am ready to declare myself as an Artist!

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What draws your focus?  The bangle in the forefront?  Or does your eye wander to the out-of-focus islands in the background that take on a dream-like quality? 

How about close up?  

Or just beyond the bangle?  

I am still playing with perspective and creating prototypes for new pieces that will be limited editions or one of a kind.  If you want to be first in line for any new releases, sign up below to get on my email list.  Insiders are always first to know.  

I am just coming off a week of stay-cation.  As I was hanging around home, doing not too much of anything (COVID lethargy anyone??), I got to wondering why I wasn't really wearing my jewelry.  Was this some hang over from jewelry being a "dress up" thing?  

Or was I just not bothering with it?  And if that was so, why not?  Why WASN'T I wearing jewelry around home?  Don't I deserve to wear my jewelry whenever I feel like it???

YES!  I can wear my jewelry, JUST FOR ME, when no one is watching. 

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Don't be alarmed, though, I am not out to hurt anyone!

Since I am on "staycation" this week and with my perspective shift, my creative ideas are swirling around.  

So I am spending some studio time whipping up some prototypes to see what is calling to be made.

I am starting to work in a new way.  That is, I am working towards limited editions and one of a kind work then releasing items all at one time.  This will be a gradual transition and the pretties in my shop are not going away.  Soon I will start to announce shop updates ahead of time.  

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What happens when you change your focus?  Do you focus on something else?  

Or do you see something different in what you have been examining? Perhaps you expand your focus to take in the whole picture, when before you only saw a tiny piece?

All of these have been happening for me since I took a step back and saw a bigger view of my art, how it fits in my life and how I want it to fit in my life.  

This creates subtle shifts in how I am doing things, including creating my art and is very exciting.  

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I have talked about my Captiva earrings and Capella pendant before.  

And with the summer weather finally arrived, having these two simple pieces of jewelry to throw on makes my day. 

I thought I would show them off "in action" together.  This is the other morning, waiting for the bus. If I turn to my left, I can gaze out over Haro straight.   The birds, deer and bunnies can all make appearances.  It's not quite as rural as it looks, but it is peaceful.

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The summer is heating up - lots of sunshine and high temperatures.  

I want my summertime earrings to be an easy "go to".  

My Captiva earrings are just that for me.  Light and breezy.  They are even named after a sun soaked island!

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