After years of managing logistics information systems, I finally have time to use my creative abilities to make fanciful, upcycled chimes and jewelry that delight my customers. That is happiness!
Years before retirement, I knew I wanted to work with metal but had no specific direction. I eventually bought silverplate flatware at a garage sale and struggled to make a simple fish and teapot wind chime.
Now I create over 20 sea creatures for my Deep Blue Sea line including butter knife sharks, soup spoon pufferfish, serving spoon whales, heart-tail fork fish and tablespoon proboscis fish. I’ve also designed several woodland items for my Enchanted Forest line including teaspoon bowl acorns, soup spoon toadstools, butter knife feathers, serving spoon morel mushrooms, spoon bowl curled leaves and seed pods. I use teapots, sugar bowls, creamer servers, sugar scuttles, sauce boats, trays and various curiosities. I enjoy saving my creation’s components from landfills and turning them into surprises that bring smiles to my customers’ faces.
I also create earrings, rings, pendants and custom magnetic closure silverware bracelets in sizes 5.5” to 9” because everyone should have something affordable and pretty in a size that fits them. I include pattern names, manufacturer, year manufactured and historical tidbits from the year.
My basement studio is a delightful disarray of old furniture and shelves holding band saws, pliers, hammers, sanders, bolt cutters, bending equipment and a drill press. I have boxes of silverware and shelves of hollowware. Work in progress hangs from the rafters.
Studio Accessibility
To view my art – there’s one step. To see my studio, there are 11 steps.