touching the heart

mary jane dodd

we speak through our work -

do you ever stand back to see what yours is saying?

not just to others,


but what it reflects back to you... 

'the idea is to write is so that people hear it

and it slides through the brain

and goes straight to the heart.'

- maya angelou

fire walk with me.

lori earley

esao andrews 

brett amory 

'fire walk with me,' a group show celebrating david lynch's 'twin peaks' opening on april 21st at corpo gallery is shaping up to be a real dagger in the heart. i'm especially moved by the above trinity, and a bit happily shocked at the shift in artist lori earley's  style; very brave & well done. view more preview images here over at hi-fructose.

necessity is the mother -

mary jane dodd

of your own invention!

when i taught the workshops at the teen arts festival, the plan was to have on a sample bracelet... i didn't have the time to order from some of my favorite etsy creatives... and i didn't want to use plastic or mass produced ones...

when the light bulb went on and i realized -

i can do that!

so i did...

what personal discoveries have you made lately?

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and remember - 


tomorrow night at 8:30pm local time you can participate in earth hour 2012 -

off planet.

moving a lifetime's worth of books is taxing.

 please excuse the sparse posting while i transplant to the other side.

*maskull lasserre.

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Earrings

I am personally more of a necklace girl.  The chunky wild necklaces that I prefer are usually too much with earrings. 

So my earrings to date have been kinda plain and lacking (as a statement piece themselves that is).  They have been made to compliment my necklaces. 

However, my clients aren't all chunky wild necklace ladies.  MANY are earring and bracelet fans. I sold lots of bracelets last year, after not having much the year before.

  So this year, is the year of the earring.  I am excited and hope to create many one of a kind, wild earrings, that can stand alone.................just like my necklaces.

Here are a few pairs I have made already. 

I'm leaning toward dangles and asymetry in the earrings.  I plan to still offer plenty of symetrical pairs, I know some folks just cannot stand their earrings to not match.  I guess growing up in the 80's helped me to accept the mis-matched earrings!

Most all the components I am using are my own or gemstone, shell or natural beads, and I will be throwing in some great handmade pottery beads from other artists too.  The top pair features a  mis-matched set of charms from Starry Road Studio.  I make all my own earwires now, and feel good that I can say they are totally handmade.  (I did use some czech glass on the bottom pair, but they looked so earthy I couldn't pass them by).

So what direction are you going in this season? 
Wiht the start of a new show season, do you focus on a color scheme?  A style?  Or a certain component?

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