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Thanks, Vancouver, and Oh Hello, Portland!
I just returned from Vancouver, where I shared my work as part of the Harmony Arts Festival. I had a wonderful time in the gorgeous location on the West Vancouver waterfront park of Ambleside. The weather cooperated, and many many…
Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver
It is a joy to be back in Vancouver again. Flying across the country is not such a big deal, when I love so much coming here. After seeing my work on banners and busses across the city last November as…
Time Away
If my social media accounts have been quiet of late, and I have been slow to respond to e-mails, it is because I unplugged at a retreat centre for a while. I spent almost two weeks at wonderful Dorje Denma…
Letting Go
It is pretty amazing to me: the human tendency to get attached to physical objects. I recently had a lesson in this, when my most beloved shoes died. I have worn those things through almost any weather here in our…
First Summer Show this Saturday June 18th!
I can’t believe summer show season is already upon us! The first one for me will be in Avondale in rural Nova Scotia, this coming Saturday, June 18th. I always enjoy the Avondale Arts Fairs (this summer one, and their Garlic…
‘My’ Galleries
As I sit in my studio this morning, getting ready to finish some pieces to send out to galleries next week, I am contemplating where their journey will take them before they find a home on a body. The galleries…
Very Special Commissions
One of the things that delight me most about being able to make wearable art by hand is that I sometimes get to collaborate with clients on pieces that are particularly meaningful to them. I recently had the opportunity to…
Square One
Materials and Process – Passions of a Goldsmith – that was the title of my graduating exhibition at NSCAD University’s Anna Leonowens Gallery in 2004. So long ago! Good early perception, though: I already knew that my passion for the materials…
Why IWD2016 got to me
I am not one to want to get too involved in politics. I try to put awareness to my own actions and my immediate surroundings on a daily basis: we make choices all the time, and they begin in the…
Discover
I hope you all enjoyed a splendid long weekend, and hopefully your Valentine’s Day was filled with positives. I am very lucky to be surrounded by much love, and this year was especially lucky to have the whole family gathered,…
One-off Valentine’s
What is the history of Valentine’s Day? Probably some commercial endeavour. Or the lack of a mid-winter holiday? Or a combination of both? Perhaps it doesn’t matter. And while many folks may end up making empty, half-forced notions due to…
Discipline as Joy
As an entrepreneur, I get to make my own hours. Luxurious you say? Well, perhaps … What it has taught me is that discipline can be such joy. Let me tell you. Unlike many artists (or at least unlike the…
Sit. Ask. Listen
Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had positive time these last couple of weeks. I myself took ten whole days off, sat in meditation at an urban retreat, and spent wonderful time with family and friends.…
‘Happy’ Holidays
Hanukkha has come and gone, but Christmas is still ahead, and the mounting pressure is palpable. Yes, you read correctly: pressure. As you may have read here, over the past several weeks I have been attending various art markets. When…
This Egg is My Teacher
Perhaps, when it comes to lifestyle, eggs may be my best teacher. Strange statement? Certainly. But it occurred to me this morning, and I will tell you why: I am an entrepreneur, and I am a woman. These two things alone…
Thanks, CircleCraft Market Vancouver!
I have just returned from the CircleCraft Market in Vancouver. I very much enjoy coming to Vancouver twice a year to show my work, and look forward to returning again in the summer, for CircleCraft Summer and the Harmony Arts…
With Rings on My Fingers and Bells on my Toes …. Returning to CircleCraft in Vancouver
I am very excited to return to Vancouver next week for the annual Circle Craft Market. This year it feels like I am coming into that fair city on the other end of our changing country with ‘rings on my fingers…
A mother’s dream of a culinary adventure
If you have followed me for a while, you will know that food plays a major role in my life: I love to prepare and share it for and with friends, and I love to eat and talk about it.…
Cool oysters under sunny Nova Scotia Skies
I had a fabulous time this past weekend at the Avondale Garlic Festival. This annual event is such a different pace from the hustle and bustle of my other shows, that it almost feels like a vacation. And how great to…
Avondale Garlic Festival
I have been a supporter of Farmers’ Markets all my life. For several years, I produced a ‘contemplative photography’ calendar about Halifax’s historic Brewery Market together with photographer Damian Lidgard. Unfortunately, we both ran out of time to continue that fun…
A Fresh (foodie) View of NYC
Woah, what a busy little time I have had! But I am finally back in my studio, phew. My last trip was to NYC for a trade-only show. I won’t bore you with the schlepp. Suffice it to say that…
In the National Press
Ah! Some exciting news: I am proud to be featured in an editorial on Canadian Jewelry Designers influenced by nature, in nationally published Mercedes-Benz Magazine! In a wonderful tribute, writer Isa Tousignat, supported by photographer Michael Crichton and stylist Serge Kerbel, pay…
Love from Coast to Coast, and over the pond!
I just finished two outdoor summer art markets: first in Halifax, then in Vancouver, British Columbia, returning today from the West Coast. As much as I enjoy making things in my studio, it is always such a delight to bring…
Summer shows: Coast to Coast
I’m very excited to bring my work to the streets again this summer, so to speak, and because I like to do things fully, I will be at both sides of the country! This weekend, starting this morning, I will…
Time Off
It’s important to have balance in one’s life. As a hard-working artist and entrepreneur, it might even be doubly important, because artistic inspiration has to come out of a sense of balance and spaciousness. So I take some time off…
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference
Did you know that even artists can gather in a nerdy, geeky kind of way? Almost a thousand ‘makers and educator in metal’ gathered for the recent annual gathering of the Society of North American Goldsmiths’ conference, SNAG, held this…
Bling Jam
I have to say, I fall in love easily. Especially when it comes to coloured gemstones! And so, when my stone merchant, the wonderful Martine Lavoie of Pierres de Charme, stopped by a few months ago, I went a little…