Metal, fire and hammers, oh my!

Creating has been a passion of mine since I was a little girl. I like to joke that I’m a “Grown Up Girl Scout.” All those badge earning skills have really come in handy throughout my life! These days, instead of making fire for a badge, I use fire to create jewelry – from simple soldering, a torch patina or to melt glass onto metal for a beautiful enameled bauble.

Like some of my jewelry creations, my sense of humor is slightly twisted. This helped a lot when I eased onto the jewelry scene several years ago after making the leap from corporate graphic artist positions to start my own graphic design business. My flexible work-from-home hours allow me time with my four-legged children and to nurture this often all-consuming need to make jewelry. I like to find new and beautiful uses for recycled metal and other objects — they provide the foundation of a new creation to be etched, stamped, dangled and transformed.

I’m naturally curious and always just like to know what’s going on or how something is made. I find inspiration in a wide range of places — from a hike with my dogs to something my Grandmother wore thatmy young eyes saw as a treasure. Curiousity Killed the Kathy – It’s like they say, getting there is half the adventure.