The Green Goddess and the Goddess of Garnets

November 25, 2009

I have always been fascinated with the symbolic representation of the goddess in abstract.  From as far back as drawing pictures of my mom in grade school to asking girls to model nude for me in my college dorm room, the female form has held me in reverence on many different levels.   The goddess can [...]

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Why is Sometimes Harder Than How

October 27, 2009

In my last blog I ranted a tad about inspirations and muses. Then I started searching out other blogs on the subject. A photographer friend of mine friend had posted a blog where she discussed how she created her beautiful works, and she mentioned that it was easier to discuss how she did it, rather [...]

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The Moon Muses, revisited

October 25, 2009

Women have inspired songs in the hearts of men since the dawn of creation.  We’ve sang of goddesses, mothers, whores, love lost and gained.  We’ve sang of their beauty, their ugliness, their love, and their scorn.  This is why the ancient myths tell us that the muses of men are female, that inspire us men [...]

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Lost in Space

October 18, 2009

This is a hinged, sectional neck piece with a hollow-formed center section built up from a spiral around a section of copper tube.  The center piece depicts a space ship spiraling in to the empty negative space, maybe a black hole.  And, within the spiral are patterns with an almost tribal look to them.  Also, [...]

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Still is Still Moving to Me

August 6, 2009

“Still is still moving to me. And, I swim like a fish in the sea all the time. But if that’s what it takes to be free I don’t mind. Still is still moving to me.” Willie Nelson This bracelet was first inspired by the kabamba cabochons cut by George Ingraham (aka TaoGem).  Kabamba contains [...]

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Ode to the Lapidary

June 8, 2009

I met George Ingraham through these blogs and then on Twitter.  The first thing I noticed about his work was the sets that he made and then the uniqueness of his stones.  The lapidary is the unsung hero of the jewelry world.  We tend to just select a stone and then make something taking all [...]

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Vesica Pisces Cuff

June 3, 2009

This cuff was hand forged from wires of sterling into the basic shape that I laid out with the mount for the amethyst built up first.  Then I used the rolling mill to impress a slight texture into the sterling.  I pierced out the paisley design, and added another layer of paisleys on top.  Then [...]

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Franklin my dear, I don’t give a darn.

May 11, 2009

I didn’t go to Tucson this year for the gem shows.  My supply of rough was winding down as well as my supply of gem material, so Lora and I made reservations at a cabin tucked away in a holler just outside of Franklin, NC.  Although Lora is originally from the tar heal state, she [...]

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A Birthday Suprise

April 12, 2009

I have had my head in this PC trying to get my website designed and ready for content, but I took a little time to make something special for my oldest daughter’s birthday, between ring orders and a few simple chain orders. 1itt1e5mith(11:25AM): Papa, RU online? CosmicFolklore(11:27AM): Yeppers 1itt1e5mith(11:28AM):can I have a pitbull? CosmicFolklore(11:29AM):Nope 1itt1e5mith(11:34AM): [...]

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Spring at the Bench

March 21, 2009

This has been our spring break week, so I have had some extra time at the bench.  We were going to try to get in some gem mining in North Carolina.  A prospector friend of mine had written to tell me of a rock slide that exposed some excellent ruby specimens, but the kids, money, [...]

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