Jewelry
Unlike paintings or collages, jewelry is seasonal. It is based on fashion-trends. Styles can vary according to the trends for
the particular season.
Unfortunately, the fashion industry is run by a select few
individual fashion designers and countless promoters. Not all “high” fashion is suited to all
people, and all body-types. This is my
one concern!
My daughter jokingly calls my jewelry “hippie-stuff”. She keeps telling me to use materials in my
designs that are the current trend, such as ribbon. Another suggestion, made by a friend, was to
make my work Native American. This was because I used to live on the reservation.
My goal and purpose is to combine healing with beauty. I chose stones for their qualities, and
chose the metals to utilize within a piece, as well. There are very few non-natural materials involved. Even glass is a natural material (silica is a form of "sand").
The styles I chose to use in the creation of my jewelry are more
classic
in design. The term, “classic” is used
to describe a more ageless design. Within my jewelry the emphasis are the stones
and metals.