i love the sound and sight of flowers and trees gently dancing in the breeze—my dance collection celebrates this by focusing on a single dancing leaf or petal.

the leaves and petals begin as flat copper or fine silver—i use very thin
metal for earrings to keep them light while pendants get a heavier metal. i
cut, texture, shape, and finish the metal to create the underlying piece,
slowly turning the flat metal into a leaf or petal.

 

once i’ve made my leaf or petal, i fuse a couple of layers of enamel onto the front—one or two layers for earrings and two to four layers for pendants, and do the same on the back. i finish the piece by sanding and polishing the edges, and adding findings.

my pendant hooks and earring wires are all hand-shaped—the hooks are
either copper or sterling silver, and the earring wires are all sterling silver.
some pieces have a shaped and hammered sterling wire dangling in front,
to give even more movement—and a little bit of sound.