Captured Muse

At long last! I captured my muse in sterling silver in a way that does it justice and I am so pleased with the results. I was going to wait to share this new series with the world because I find I like to spend some time alone with a manifested idea. I’ve been working on this series all summer and now that I have a few pieces completed I have wanted them to be a quiet little secret I keep to myself in order to enjoy the purity of the originality and creative power of this series before it goes out into the world. As soon as I show and share a new idea or a new series, it ceases to be my own somehow, which seems to be the nature of the art world and design world in this day and age. I have lots of thoughts on this topic lately but I’m going to save it for a different post!

These sagebrush necklaces are headed into my shop on October 11th @ 11AM MST with the rest of my current inventory.

I also have a huge batch of beaded necklaces for this shop update and among them are these bear claw necklaces which are loosely inspired by a bear claw necklace a Chippewyan woman made for my older sister when my family was stationed in Fort Chippewyan, up North in Canada. It wasn’t a dazzling piece of art. The woman simply drilled the bear claws and strung them intermittently with red wooden beads on fishing line. I don’t remember my sister ever actually wearing the necklace but I thought it was beautiful and I always coveted it. This is my version of that necklace featuring a big, growly sow flanked by claws that are actually cast hawk talons but they are size appropriate for this design. This is such a fun piece to wear. I’m really into bears this year. I want to see bears every time I go somewhere, and sometimes I do! They’re a beautiful reminder that something is still wild and existing (somewhat) outside of human control in this crazy world we’re living in. Long live the bears.