Jewelry Porn

Jewelry Porn, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Jewelers and metalsmiths, admit it – you’ve drooled over these books! I discovered this series in my jewelry class at the 92nd Street Y and went right out and bought the lot of them. FYI, they’re much cheaper on Amazon than they are at the Marketfair Barnes & Noble. They [...]

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The Olympics are Here!!!

The Olympics are Here!!!, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m more than a little excited that the 2008 Olympics – the best sporting event ever – have finally started! I sat through the whole opening ceremony last night. It was reaaallly long, and I was sort of annoyed that the overwhelming majority of the performers were men, [...]

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Night Treasury

Night Treasury, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I heard an old Marillion song the other day that I heard many, many times when I was living in Malta about 15 years ago. The song, That Time of the Night, will forever be associated with the first few weeks I spent there. It was February, and I was [...]

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Buckshot Series

Earrings, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I don’t have a name for these earrings yet, but they are part of a series of items that I’ve been playing around with. They will most likely appear at my first big craft show this weekend in Highland Park, NJ. I’ll see what the reaction to them is and make [...]

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Desert Earrings

Desert Earrings, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I spent about 20 noisy minutes the other day just banging different sized discs out of a sheet of 24 gauge copper, trying to come up with new ideas and looking for inspiration.   When I was done, I just sort of spread all the discs around on the table and played [...]

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Details, Details…

Details, Details…, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I just happened upon a treasury on Etsy the other day. I wasn’t expecting it at all, but the little box at the bottom of the page suddenly opened up and said “Create a tresury!” OK, fine, I will, if you insist. So I named the treasury “Ok, Fine…” in [...]

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Sunshine

Satellite Necklace, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m a fan of Danny Boyle’s movies, especially 28 Days Later and now Sunshine, a refreshingly hard-science-based, alien-free, space-travel sci-fi film. This necklace reminds me of, and was sort of inspired by, a small scene in which the crew of the Icarus pauses to watch as Mercury passes in front [...]

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Not-So-Heavy Metal

I’ve recently found a fantastic source of these amazing brass findings!  I have no idea what they are supposed to be used for, or where they were made, but I love them.  They come in a great variety of evocative shapes and sizes – just looking at the rows and rows of bins starts my head [...]

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A Hint of Color

Yesterday as I was out and about, I saw a huge flock of robins pecking through the snow to find food.  I also saw some crocuses peaking up through the slushy, muddy ground, and earlier in the week I noticed some plum trees starting to bloom.  Today, the sun is shining.  Finally, the weight of [...]

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Inspiration On a Train Line

I’ve gotten into bangles recently. Not ‘The Bangles’, for anyone hoping for Susannah Hoffs pics.  Just bangles.  I’ve started to make some and I’m really liking how they’re turning out.  They’re fun to bang on with a hammer, and I know I’ll never be able to make two alike, so I’m not even bothering to [...]

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