Troops - ask yourself if your orders are:
* Legal under US law
* Legal under the US constitution
* Legal under international law

At the Royal Plaza Trade Center this weekend for the Paradise City Arts festival. Join me Friday from 10 - 5, Saturday 10 - 6, and Sunday 11 - 5. festivals.paradisecityarts.com/shows/marlbo...

Just a couple weeks til Paradise City Arts in Marlborough, MA. A fantastic show that's easy to walk and has incredible artists from all over the country! Join us at the Royal Plaza Trade Center March 21 - 23. For details head to festivals.paradisecityarts.com

Still a few spots left in my in-person workshop at Brookfield Craft Center in CT. www.brookfieldcraft.org

Level up your basic step bezels and learn the basics of basket setting in "Cradled in Style" - this is a techniques-based workshop and is recommended for people with solid soldering skills.

Department of the Inferior: Much Wow. So criminal!

When a landlord doesn’t fix things, we can put our rent in escrow until they do.

Asking for We the People...

Where do we escrow our taxes this year?

#IRSescrow #taxes #notMYlandlord

(This post is NOT about my landlord.)

Doing a little prototyping of a telescoping spring-based clasp. There'll be another sidebar connector in the larger of the inside tubes, but it's sitting in alum to get rid of a broken drill bit! #clasps #handmade #artjewelry #jewelryclasses

It's a Clasps-Clasps-Clasps kinda year! But that's not all - sure, you can take clasps online or in person with me, but I'm also hitting some classics - a stone settings workshop in CT and a hollowforms 3-day online. To learn more, head to eclecticnaturejewelry.com

Potato quality photo since my camera needs a tune-up, but here's a new piece with a knocker clasp - sterling and fine silver with three Chinese writing stones.

#artjewelry #chinesewritingstone #cabochon #sterlingsilver #pnwjeweler #oneofakind

If you haven't visited @abqbiopark.bsky.social in the winter, go! The textures, the wonderful decaying plants...beautiful and inspirational themes that I use in my metalwork. I love bioparks in general, but ABQ's is top notch. #abqbiopark #jewelryinspo #texture #inspiration #naturerocks

I'm doing a lot of thinking about clasps as I plan my 2025 teaching schedule. I'll be teaching at least one in-person version of my "Clasps: From Simple to Structural" workshop and possibly a virtual one.
#jewelryinstructor #jewelryclasses #artjewelry #jeweler

Work in Progress: A necklace for my Chained collection. If you're spending time making an amazing John Cogswell knocker clasp...Process video on YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@EclecticNat...
#jewelrydesign #artjewelry #jewelryinstructor #jewelryworkshop #handmadejewelry #WIP #workinprogress

What's one more social media platform to keep up with friends and share my work? I'll sleep tomorrow!