fire and glass

The creative mind behind my raven logo..  One afternoon my grand-daughter brought me a drawing she'd made of a beautifully sketched green bird. Around the bird she had written random words in her own 5 year old sentence structure. She read it out haltingly, using her finger to find each word.. This green bird was trying to fly and one day he flew!!   I scanned the image into my computer and made an image brush with it so that I could use it as a logo in my work. The raven sits ever watchful in my studio and keeps a curious eye on all the details of my work.  I kind of love that bird. Enjoy your week everyone.. :-)

We've become very snap happy in this country since the scenery is so rich and the ruins, numerous. We travelled through the ruins at Lakish last week..  These are a few of the photos we returned from Lakish [Lachish] with.. My inspiration folder is becoming stuffed and slightly unorganized.   Surprise surprise.                                                                               Somehow these sights internalize in the studio and my palette and lines in the glass are reminiscent of these really beautiful days here in Israel. A couple of new bracelets this week..still thinking viney brush and sprigs and twigs..:-) I think I always am actually. These two newly created are also of the series 'Of the Earth' 'Stolon' features a hand crafted sterling silver chain and a little hunk of Jasper. 'Undergrowth' was created with warm luminescent amber and neutral sage what I call 'garden' beads and is paired with a strand of