Attention! Attention!

Look familiar?! Last time you saw these suckers, they were in wax. Here they are in their metal forms, and soon they will join others to form a new collection! Stay tuned for sneak peeks at the others. Hope you have a Happy Monday!

Rain, rain go away

It's been raining like crazy here in Chicago. I took a quick pic during a break in the storm. For you all out of towners, that's Trump Tower masked in fog .

Digital absence

I know it's been very quiet on the blogging front here. Sorry about that. I've been engrossed in a new toy lately and my brain's computing power keeps getting depleted by it daily. I want to blog...but...brain...is...going...brain...dead...can't...think...of...post...

So I figured why not post my toy?!

Taaaa daaaaa! Thanks to a lovely friend, I now own one of the coooolest computer programs out there, Matrix. It doesn't look like much, but this baby can make jewelry like nobody's business. I learned the the program back when I was studying at GIA, but it's been at least 2 years since then so I'm a bit rusty. I'm hoping to fine tune my skills and become a jewelry CAD-ing master! 

I really feel learning this program will open up so many opportunities in my work life and hopefully help me in my own jewelry designs. We'll see! I'll be sure to continue sharing my progression with this new toy and of course, my wax carvings. Even though building jewelry on a computer is pretty freakin' awesome, it will never replace the joy of feeling that file against that buttery wax. 

Building on a motif

Here's another ring I've got going on...I think I've got an obsession: graduating shapes that repeat themselves. I just can't stop making them!