All jewellery is handmade and shipped from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and therefore is exempt from tariffs for USA customers under CUSMA, the free-trade agreement. I always ship with a certificate of origin for customs.
silver
Jewellery Design Training – In Conversation my Former Professor, Pamela Ritchie
I was honoured to be joined in conversation by my former professor, Pamela Ritchie, governor-general-award winning jewellery artist. Pamela is an artist‐jeweller based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and…
‘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…
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…
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…
Two very different cities – Two very different necklaces
Oh my goodness, it’s been so long since I wrote. I had told you about three of the one-of-a-kind pieces I create for gallery@ACTS, but I have yet to tell you about the last two! The first is a necklace…
Pieces about two more European cities: ‘Paris’ and ‘Berlin’
Ah, and it continues: more new pieces, about more cities: ‘Paris’, and ‘Berlin’. Photo credit goes to Christina Arsenault in Halifax. Two more pieces will follow in my next post! Here is ‘Paris’: I spent quite a bit of time in…
Trunk Show at the Designer Craft Shop
I love turkey! It’s been grand to eat it every day since our big dinner on Saturday. My daughters brought their best friends – it was a fabulous time! But now it’s back to work. I am getting ready for…
Vancouver, here I come!
I am terribly excited to head to West Vancouver once more, to show my work at the Art Market, as part of the beautiful Harmony Arts Festival. I attended this event two years ago, and had a wonderful time, see this…