D2B - Dare 2 Be - Fine Silver & Art Jewelry
Dare to be - wonderful words of advice! When I asked, "Dare to be what?" I was told to be what ever made me feel fulfilled and happy, whatever made me feel good about taking up space in this world. This is one of the most unusual and unique Fine silver and art jewelry collections you'll ever see and it makes me happy to show it to the world.
When I discovered Art Clay Silver (TM) in 2006, it was newly available in the USA. Now there are clubs and instructors and distributors all over the country, indeed, all over the world. Art Clay Silver is recycled silver from old films, x-rays, and industrial processes that removes the nitrate from silver nitrate, grinds the silver microscopically fine, and suspends it in a burnable medium with some water added to make it a moldable clay type material. When dried and fired, the medium burns away, the silver sinters and bonds it's molecules together and becomes 99.9% pure silver, know as Fine silver.
Art Clay Silver (ACS) comes in several forms but the one I use almost exclusively is the syringe form. The clay is wetter and can be extruded through very small tips to form delicate lines and designs. My pieces are lighter than most pieces their size because they're tiny lines that are all connected.
The stones and shells I use are certified conflict free - meaning that the company I buy from doesn't buy from areas that are in conflicts or wars. The people who produce these beads and shells work for themselves, not as slave labor for their governments.
My designs are all my own. They come from my own fevered brain, usually at 3:00 in the morning or during a marathon creative binge. I don't copy from other artists, although I do sometimes get a lot of inspiration from them. My designs and ideas stem from the "what if..." process - in other words, I have an idea or inspiration, draw it out or work it out in my mind, then start changing things, making a line curve more gracefully, tweaking an angle, refining a shape, then adding details and embellishments until I'm just one skinny hair away from taking it too far.
I've been told that my designs are Art Nouveau mixed with Art Deco and a touch of Baroque. Any serious student of design and art will tell you that you can't do that, but I really think you can, and I have. I do l lot of things they tell you you can't do. All that means is that "they" haven't figured out how to do it yet. I like innovation, and things that are different, out of the ordinary. If you do too, welcome to my world, and to my jewelry.
When I discovered Art Clay Silver (TM) in 2006, it was newly available in the USA. Now there are clubs and instructors and distributors all over the country, indeed, all over the world. Art Clay Silver is recycled silver from old films, x-rays, and industrial processes that removes the nitrate from silver nitrate, grinds the silver microscopically fine, and suspends it in a burnable medium with some water added to make it a moldable clay type material. When dried and fired, the medium burns away, the silver sinters and bonds it's molecules together and becomes 99.9% pure silver, know as Fine silver.
Art Clay Silver (ACS) comes in several forms but the one I use almost exclusively is the syringe form. The clay is wetter and can be extruded through very small tips to form delicate lines and designs. My pieces are lighter than most pieces their size because they're tiny lines that are all connected.
The stones and shells I use are certified conflict free - meaning that the company I buy from doesn't buy from areas that are in conflicts or wars. The people who produce these beads and shells work for themselves, not as slave labor for their governments.
My designs are all my own. They come from my own fevered brain, usually at 3:00 in the morning or during a marathon creative binge. I don't copy from other artists, although I do sometimes get a lot of inspiration from them. My designs and ideas stem from the "what if..." process - in other words, I have an idea or inspiration, draw it out or work it out in my mind, then start changing things, making a line curve more gracefully, tweaking an angle, refining a shape, then adding details and embellishments until I'm just one skinny hair away from taking it too far.
I've been told that my designs are Art Nouveau mixed with Art Deco and a touch of Baroque. Any serious student of design and art will tell you that you can't do that, but I really think you can, and I have. I do l lot of things they tell you you can't do. All that means is that "they" haven't figured out how to do it yet. I like innovation, and things that are different, out of the ordinary. If you do too, welcome to my world, and to my jewelry.
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