M.I.A. excuses

I bought a house almost 2 years ago. the roof and everything in between needed to be taken out and redone. this has eaten up my evenings and weekends for the most part, happy hours and the like still observed when possible. This last weekend we worked on getting the railing all finished up. We reused a bunch of old ornate cast steel parts and built a new railing out of them. A huge amount of work, but worth every second, it looks great. Heres a shot of me doing the final touches, welding the two rails together at the corner.

day of firsts

I presented my first commissioned piece yesterday. It is such a special gift to be able to create something that has meaning for the people giving it, as well as to the person receiving it. To play a part in facilitating this gift-giving is an honor. I enjoyed the challenge to create/design something with and for people, and think the final product fit the desired outcome.




I am also please to say that I have found employment!!! I will be working at the Rosedale Center (yes... where Jesse works) as a permanent sub. I think this is going to be a perfect job, great hours-done by 1pm!, and jesse and I can commute together. The people at the school are amazing, they are dedicated enjoyable people. I look forward to all the trials and growth of this next coming fall! at that I will now put on the grubby clothes and meander next door to work on the house... which I will be doing all summer:-)

I will leave you with this-Bella eating a toy hand our 10 yr old niece gave her!

and us eating watermelon!!

DCCA Opening

the opening for the DCCA was last night, it was a great time and so wonderful to see everyone there. I am thrilled to say two very special people bought bone necklaces, what an honor. I was in a front case with amazing people-Janet Huddie, and Doug Bucci, and yes, even two Jan Baum pieces. wow. The work in the show was beautiful, I am so proud to be a part of Towsons Metals and Jewelry alum and for the opportunity.

Taking shots of work in display cases is something I haven't figured out how to do without it looking horrendous, but here is some god awful images

DCCA Show!

what a privilege to be a part of!

Work for DCCA

Heres the new pieces for the DCCA show, that i cannot believe I am privileged to be a part of. I am so excited and feel so honored. If anyone out there knows of a resource to buy bone that doesn't have meat on it still( i buy mine from the butcher and go through the whooole cleaning process myself) Please let me know!
here are some very unprofessional shots-

Thesis Show!

Here are my postcards, im so excited and can't wait for final show. I would love to see everyone there!

Weight

Here are some shots taken of my weight piece for the honors project.