I have started a collaboration with a talented and experienced enamelist at the Artisans Asylum. The cloisonné piece is bezel set, and a star sapphire compliments the blue in the enamel piece.

The Enamelist is Barbara Marder, at the Artisans Asylum. She does beautiful enamel jewelry, table ware, and paintings. I provide the settings for her work.

Again, Barbara Marder produced the beautiful blue and green cloissone, and I constructed the silver backing with accents of green peridot gemstones.

I am thinking about boxes, made from brass, silver, even gold. The face or top can be decorated with an intaglio, such as the leaves on a branch pictured here, a relief, or even with gemstones set into a design.

Liz has beaded since she was a girl. During the pandemic, we are collaborating on pendants and beaded necklaces.

Liz used beads with natural colors of nature to blend with the leaves on a branch motif in the pendant.

The pendant uses copper, brass, and silver for an array of colors. Liz picked this up in her choice of beads on the necklace.

The pendant is a marriage of copper, brass and silver. The beads match the mood and colors of the moon, rising above hills.

Liz chose different sizes and shades of brown-colored beads to complement a pendant made of brass with an oxidized background of brown.

The beads are a bright blue, with gold beads as accents. The pendant features a crescent of polished brass and a lapis lazuli cabochon.

The puzzle pieces are silver, oxidized silver and copper. The beads are shades of dark brown to reddish brown, and match the color scheme in the pendant.

The heart is made from a heavy piece of sterling silver, domed and the edges rounded. Small black beads set-off distinctive stone beads.

The pear shaped stone is a Carnelian (reddish-brown quartz) and is set in a pear shape-themed pendant. Liz used brown and orange beds with silver accents for her necklace.

Holly Leaves with Red Berries

The leaves were constructed with sterling silver and filled with green epoxy resin. The red berries are faceted glass beads.

Just what it says…. a Christmas Tree ornament.

Fall Leaves with Red Berries. Made with sterling silver and epoxy resin.

This ornament was made with sterling silver and transparent epoxy resin for the leaves. As with all the ornaments, they are made from a sheet of silver, which is cut, filed, bend, and soldered together.