I love spring so much!  The beauty and the energy of new growth brings out all my creative juices.  I'm pulled between the garden and the studio -- but happily the days are longer so there's time for both.
The show season starts April 27th with the Ch/Art Spring Pop-Up Art Show and Sale, a gathering of 27 amazing local artists selling jewelry, paintings, photography, ceramics and more behind the PNC bank at 5530 Connecticut Ave NW,  11 AM - 4 PM.

Pink HillsWell, it's August and pretty quiet, so let's stir things up with a sale!  For all of you who are not spending August, say, hiking in the Alps, this is for you!  My favorite kind of jewelry to make is pendants, and I've been happily making away.  So before I start my fall shows, I'm offering 20% off on all pendants, for a very limited time -- just through August 22rd.  Shop here​, and use coupon code pendantsale at checkout.

​The Craft Made Baltimore show was amazing -- thanks to all of you who came by!  I'm always inspired by what I hear from you.  It's thrilling when the art that moves me also moves you.  
You bought quite a few wall pieces,  so I'm busy making more!  I'm continuing to combine silver with glass in my "silvitrum" work, as seen at left.  I'm also framing more of my work in wood frames.

I do love the holidays, but I also love the quiet of January.  A time to reflect, perhaps reconsider some assumptions, and try something new.  ​Where will I break out of my old patterns? What new stuff will I create?

Thanks to all of you who visited me at my shows this fall -- and it's not quite over yet!  As you know, I don't often offer sales on my art (except when people first sign up for my emails).  But I'm making a special offer, for a very selfish reason.  

Of all the art I make -- earrings, rings, wall art, bowls and plates -- my favorite things to make are my pendants. They really bring out my creative design mojo, and I love to come up with different ways to pair gorgeous glass with silver and sometimes a little gold!  Even though I have sold a lot of pendants this fall, I still have some left, and I'd like to make room for all the cool ones I'm going to make next year.  So all pendants are 20% off, just until Friday (when I'm traveling to Santa Fe).  You can pick them up at my home studio through Friday, at 5525 Nevada Ave NW -- just text me when you want to come.  Shop for Pendants here

It's hard to let go of summer!  But fall has many delights.

ConnectionsFirst of all, fall is packed with art shows and festivals where you can find lovely work.  One of my favorites is the Glen Echo Labor Day Art Show, which reminds us that art is best served with the sauce of community.  I have two wall pieces in this show, so not a big selling event for me, but so many of my friends (and my husband) have pieces in this show that it feels like a big art party.  The opening reception is Friday evening September 1st 7:30 - 9.  The show continues through Monday, noon to 6 each day.


Blue OffsetThe first actual art festival of the season is the Alexandria Old Town Art Festival September 30 - October 1st.  Then on October 7th there is Art on the Avenue, a very busy  one-day show in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria.  And I'll be participating in my absolute favorite event of the fall, the CH/ART Art Walk, when 77 artists will be showing our work in 30 artist homes/studios in Chevy Chase MD and the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC.  

I know we need the rain, but I'll be so happy to see the sun again this weekend -- and just in time for the Chevy Chase/Washington DC Fine Art Festival!  This is one of my favorite shows -- it's next to the Friendship Heights metro station by Bloomingdale's, only a mile from my home!  It's Saturday and Sunday 10 to 5, hope to see you there!  At this show I will be showing my jewelry, but not my glass art,  For both my jewelry and glass art, come to the Tephra ICA Arts Festival May 20-21st, in Reston Town Center.  
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With our confusing weather this month, I'm not sure what season it is;  but I do know that spring shows are coming!  I will be at American Craft Made Baltimore show this coming weekend, March 3-5, at the Baltimore Convention Center. 
I will have new work to show in Baltimore:  my Golden Woods series features a golden glow (or sometimes a silvery glow) along with flowing turquoise foliage.  Kind of mystic looking, I think.  Also, of course, I have new jewelry!
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Welcome to 2023!  Thanks to everyone who visited my shows this year, or took a workshop - I hope my art (and yours) brought you joy  As we anticipate a "normal" year, I look forward to a full schedule of shows and workshops.  My first show will be March 3rd-5th, at the American Craft Made Baltimore.  Mark your calendar, details to follow.


I resolve this year to remember how rejuvenating it is to be out in nature -- even a short hike, as in this New Year's Day hike in Blackwater Falls State Park.  Also, I will pull myself out of the studio more frequently to immerse myself in art museums and visit local artists and artisans.   

I've been enjoying time in the studio this summer -- in fact I've been going a little crazy making pendants, see below.  (August will be for rings and earrings!)  
And you have had fun in the studio too -- we've had some amazing workshops, and gorgeous art has been made.  Take advantage of the August workshop schedule, because the fall is busy with shows.  Click on the dates for more information and to sign up.

Plates:  August 1st and August 15th
Jewelry:  July 31st and August 14th
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(I may add workshops the weekend of August 28-29th. If there is interest, let me know.)

Art is more than just a pretty thing, it can also touch something in you, stir an emotion or just make you happy – if you let it.
But to be moved by art, it is necessary to take time to listen and to be open to the experience.  There is something I call the “ah-ha moment”, when the piece I am putting together jells and feels complete – I actually feel my body shift in response.  When I visited Yellowstone National Park recently, I had that feeling when Yellowstone's Grand Canyon came into view -- I was awed and gladdened by its power and beauty. 
This summer, I wish for you the time to let in the beauty around you -- whether in the forest or gallery -- to do its magic, to relax you or take you to a place of greater joy.  

Spring in Washington is a joy, and it marks the beginning the art show season. 
Visit the first art show of the season on Sunday April 18th from 11-4, located behind the PNC bank at 5530 Connecticut Ave.  

Welcome  2021, Welcome Joe and Kamala!
While we still face huge challenges, I'm betting that that this year will turn out to be awesome.  As the vaccines roll out and activities start to resume, our collective good will and creative energy will propel us forward.  I feel these jewelry pieces reflect the mood of the moment.