Saturday, April 17, 2010

Drawing, Dreaming and Making










I have been working on a little hand inspired by a Filipo painting and also have done little studies of my son's hand. There is something poetic about hands in paintings and sculpture and I personally love drawing them. Recently I went to the Legion of Honor to do studies of the Rodin hands which was fun, except when people walked up--it makes me feel self conscious.
In addition to these odd little hands I have been going through all my one of a kind materials, alluvial diamonds and stones. I have not had a chance to use these much lately and being in that zone has been really gratifying, grounding and fun. I look at time spent 'drawing, dreaming and making' as time spent on a lifelong practice. It is like my 'Tai Chi" and I am looking forward to someday getting that black belt.

7 comments:

  1. It will be a necklace,isn't it?
    That's wonderful!!

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  2. I think they will be necklaces and I have three in progress so far...but they might not be in the normal collection. Thank you, Mayu!!

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  3. i LOVE hands ! i have a collection of them. i'm going to want and NEED one of them hand necklaces!

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  4. My husband just gave me your Aulaire ring for my 60th birthday. He miraculously survived cancer this year, so it is a milestone for both of us. I've loved your jewelry for years, but this is my first piece. The hand may have to be the next; I have a huge collection- my daughter photographed Rodin's hands for one of my birthdays - synchronicity ... silver circles unending.

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  5. My husband just gave me your Aulaire ring for my 60th birthday. He miraculously survived cancer this year, so it's a milestone for both of us. I've loved your jewelry for years, but this is my first piece; the hand may have to be the next, as I have a huge collection- my daughter photographed Rodin's hands for one of my birthdays - synchronicity . . . silver circles unending.

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  6. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished design. Any timeframe when they will be completed?

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  7. many pieces of the new collection will be at the Twist trunkshow in Portland this Saturday for a collection 'preview' and will be released in our other retail stores around August 9th. Right now I am finishing up a small collection of wedding rings, too!

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