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One of the things I love about my creative art process is the transformation all my pieces go through.  

I take my inspiration and my skill set and marry them up to create each piece, stage by stage.  

Now that I am adding the bronze to this piece, it is really starting to look like the sketch.  

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Within the ocean, I see both strength AND beauty - not just one or the other.  

Both of these qualities are inspiring me with this new collection of steel and bronze pieces.  

I see them not as competing, but as complimentary, going hand in hand through life.  

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Well they are both Hot, Hot, Hot in the tropical sense!  

{Sing it with me} Down at the Copa, Copacabana......

Had to share the love.  {you're welcome}

When I see bronze and steel together, I often think of opposites attracting.  

The steel is all dark and strong and stable. 

While the bronze is more flashy; the life of the party. 

Together, they create strength and beauty.  

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At the beginning of the month, I was going to write about our journey into fall.  It's the time of year when jackets go on and the sunrise happens at the same time as I am leaving for my day job, creating lovely mornings.  

And then the fires in Washington and Oregon got worse, and the smoke shifted over us, even here on Vancouver Island.  At first, it created tequila sunrises, all reds and oranges and purples.

Then the sun had to scramble to be seen through the haze, until the smoke engulfed us all, creating terrible, awful, no good air quality.  

We endured for about two weeks, hunkering inside when normally September is a wonderful time to be outside here.  

Finally, this weekend, the winds pushed the smoke away from us and we can face the fall season.  

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When my inner artist comes out to play with my muse, I get really excited.  New ideas take shape by playing around with techniques I have learned.  

Sometimes I draw first and sometimes the idea comes out in the process.  Right now, I am really happy and excited by the way my new steel and bronze pieces are shaping up.  

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Being stuck inside due to poor air quality does have some advantages.  

It means I can work away at my latest "love" - combining bronze and steel into new pieces.  

Using these pieces as inspiration, I am creating for my next release.  

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I use sea green and ocean blue, but there are tons of blue and green colours.

Like azure or aegean.  Or cerulean and teal.  And what about good ol' turquoise, like my nails (even if it does come by the name "sea mist")?

They all go really well with my bronze coral reef bead earrings though!

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I have been reading a book called "The Driftwood Girls".  

Which aligns nicely with the driftwood "thing" I have had going on lately.

It has been a muse and an inspiration.  So don't be surprised if driftwood inspired pieces make their way into my next collection releases...

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I love to find treasure - to follow clues and uncover the secret. It almost doesn't matter what it is.  

When I was little, my mother would write clues for me to find my birthday presents and I would have to go on a hunt around the house.  One year she used this technique to give me a bicycle - my first two wheeler!  

To this day, I love mysteries and exploring and discovering interesting things or facts.  

What do you like to discover?  

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With the pandemic closing all hair salons for over 2 months, I found myself growing out my hair.  It's been awhile since I have had longer hair and the earrings I normally would choose were not showing up any more.

So what's a girl to do when she wants to show off her jewelry and keep her longer hair style???

The answer is get my Majorca earrings!  They are dangly with lots of movement and the bottom bead swings below my hair line. 

Perfect!

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Barnacles, bronze earrings and driftwood.  Right now, these are a few of my favourite things.

That's why I am always on the lookout for ocean treasures.

And why I am inspired by them to create.  

“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.” – Robert Wyland

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