I’m so excited – I’m finally ready to go to print with the final photo selection for my show! Selecting the final images was very tough, there were so many to go through and I’m sure there are some gems who escaped me, but I’ve…
My latest Inspira bracelet is entitled “Plaça Reial” – after a famous plaza in the Barri Gòtic of Bacelona. I shot the plaza last fall. The bracelet is a different style than the others, to try and evoke more of the gothic/artsy vibe so intense in…
This past Thanksgiving weekend we had one of the most spectacular autumn days I have ever seen. The combination of clear skies and bright, colourful foliage was a true gift. Add to that the warm, slanted, orange light so particular to autumn and you have…
Kiluea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Last spring, my girlfriend and I celebrated 20 years of friendship by traveling together to Hawaii. I think the most intense, and awe-inspiring part of that trip was a 4am boat trip we took, on 20…
Here it is at last! After months of careful planning I am deep in preparing the inventory for my latest show, Inspira. I hope that many of you will be able to make it out, it’s my first time including jewelry and knitted items in…
Just a lot of photos to post today – we’ve been doing so much driving around lately between Alpaca Farms and Merrickville that I thought I’d post of the photos taken along the way of beautiful Southern Ontario ♥ Apple Orchard Sheep Farm – black…
So Tito and I got to try glass blowing for the first time this weekend – we drove out to beautiful Merrickville for a day long seminar at the studio Kiss my Glass (soon to be Flo, and based in Ottawa). Two lovely people, Bronwin…
More Inspira goodies this week, these bracelets were inspired by photos of mine taken in Paris, Venice, Barcelona and Rome. The colours, textures and mood of each piece are drawn directly from the photos, and my memories of the cities. Each piece is hand-woven…
I’m inspired by so many things, and I love to express that inspiration in so many different mediums. Lately I’ve been playing with an idea called ‘Inspira’ – the idea that a photo can inspire a bracelet, that a skein of hand dyed wool can…
This past weekend Tito and I drove out to the beautiful town of Merrickville, ON – a town dedicated to crafters of all kinds. They have several pottery and glass blowing studios, a brilliant artist who carves gourds and a metal smithy. On the way…