I am currently in Southern California, where I am visiting with friends, attending a Kyudo archery program, and scouting for new galleries. On Friday, my artist friend Stephanie Miller showed me her new studio space near her home in a…
My goodness, March already? January and February were tradeshow months, where gallery owners find artist whose work they’d like to carry. I will introduce you to the new galleries that carry my work, soon! But today I wanted to tell…
With all that lovey-dovey romantic stuff, I almost forgot that somebody had the smarts to extend the ‘claim to fame’ of February to the heart not only in its romantic version, but also in its actual, pump-in-your-chest version. So I…
One the my favourite things about being a jewellery designer is being able to create truly magic moments between people. Here is a snapshot for you, taken when this couple picked up their rings. May you, my reader, enjoy the magic…
“Tradeshows” are where gallery owners place orders for their stores. This is what was happening in Philadelphia, where I have just returned from, and this is what will take place again this weekend in Halifax, at the Atlantic Craft Tradeshow…
I am in here in Philadelphia for the Buyers Market of American Craft, a wonderful tradeshow where artists exhibit to gallery and shop owners, who then place orders for the Spring. Especially with hand-made craft, being able to see the…
Happy New Year to you all! Now that this year has drawn to an end, it is the duty of every small business owner –if your fiscal year ends with the calendar year- to put your books into order. What…
I am sitting in my studio, listening to the CBC Music App – yes, the Classical Holiday channel. I am quietly working away, setting a rough diamond into a wedding ring. I always make a point at this time of…
The doorbell just rang. It was a smiling postal worker, delivering a mailing too big for my slot in the door. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I am a crafts person and work with my hands: I…
We had a lovely time at our Holiday event LustreWorks, which I do every year with potter Mindy Moore at the studio of her husband, photographer Marvin Moore. One of the perils of hanging out with fellow artisans is that…
I have many friends who are artists in a variety of disciplines: painters, dancers, weavers, blacksmiths, photographers and potters, to name but a few. It is a pair of the latter two with whom I will be having a special…
I was so happy to show my work at the annual NSDCC Designer Craft Show at the Cunard Centre this past weekend. It is always a pleasure to speak with customers directly, and to introduce my jewellery to people who…
My favourite event of the year is coming up: the Designer Craft Show put on by the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council. You are warmly invited to come down to the Cunard Centre this weekend and enjoy all the wonderful…
