Four Seasons

Spring and Summer

Fall and Winter

I am very excited to present my first completed vision for my ceramic leaf pendants! A leaf necklace representing each one of the four seasons. A simple and classic idea. I have had the vision for a collection of seasonal necklaces since I started making my leaf pendants. These are the first in a series I will continue to evolve.

Clasp detail

Each necklace features one of my handmade porcelain leaf pendants as well as a porcelain button for the clasp. In these necklaces, I tried to achieve a "branch" or "vine" kind of quality coming from the the leaf pendant and ending with a kind of "twig" detail at the clasp. Each necklace has a variety of gemstone and wood beads hand-knotted onto some waxed cording. One of my favorite materials to work with is waxed cording. It's so easy to knot and fun to bead with. I almost exclusively work with the cording now in my jewelry designs. It works really well for the earthy, natural designs I like to make.

I absolutely love to make and wear seasonal jewelry. I have always felt a sense of child-like wonder and excitement around the changing of each season. I gather inspiration from the natural world around me, especially the leaves, buds and berries of trees and foliage. I hope to express the feeling of each season through my ceramic pieces and my jewelry.

Open Studio Tour

Overall the weekend was great. It was really fun being a part of the studio with the other potters and artists. Everyone sold something. It was pretty even across the board! I'm pretty happy with the response I recieved!
Here are a few shots of my peices and my set up. I got this tea light tree at Home Goods. Isn't it great! It's perfect for my leaf pendants and earrings. I put some flameless tea lights in it after I took this shot. It looked better with the tea lights. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes! I really appreciate it alot!

First Show!

I've been quite absent from my blog, I know, but I think you'll be happy to know I've been hard at work at the studio! I have many new pieces I'll be sharing soon. I'm getting ready to do a show next weekend. This will be my first show with my new ceramic pieces! It's the 12th Annual Amesbury Open Studio Tour. November 15th & 16th. I'm very excited to be doing this art show with my friends and fellow potters/artists at Two Rivers Ceramic Studio. Hopefully I will have some great photos of the show to share next week.