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…
Sunday-Lives
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…
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…
Another step
Last week, I found myself in a boardroom of the cultural federations of Nova Scotia, giving a presentation on my career, on the work I have done since I began studying jewellery design in 1999. It was an incredibly interesting…
Ingredient: Passion
I just celebrated a birthday – 45 and the most content I have been all my life. I love this. Last night, I took myself for a massage, mmmmmmhhhhh. Then my main squeeze and I went for drinks and a bite 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 [email protected], 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…
Reflections of a Newly Minted Dual Citizen
It was just so exciting to finally take my oath of Citizenship, I have to bore you with it for one more post. As you may know, I was born and raised in Germany, and came to Canada at the…
Heart Health, simple steps
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…
Love
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…
Canada Post to end urban delivery? … really???
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…
Coming to Canada, 24 years ago!
This rainy Canada Day is a fitting time to write about the anniversary of my arrival in Canada, twenty-four years ago! I was just fresh out of high school in my small hometown at the footfills of the Bavarian alps…
Design – Process – and Why
Self-reflection is said to be a prudent thing every now and then. I did some of that recently – in a manner of speaking – by reading through my own website. I hadn’t looked at some of the deeper corners…
