I LIKE MAKING JEWELRY AND PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN AWAY 300 OR 400 PIECES. WHEN I VISIT THE BEACH, I AM ALWAYS COMPELLED TO MAKE SOME KIND OF JEWELRY. THIS PEARL PIECE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
ANOTHER BEACH PIECE CENTERED AROUND A SAND AND SHELL ENCRUSTED FISH HOOK. I ADDED THE TITANIC “HEART OF THE OCEAN” JEWEL AND TELL PEOPLE I PULLED THIS OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC WHILE DEEP, DEEP,DEEP SEA FISHING.
I HAVE READ MOBY DICK MANY TIMES-OFTEN WHEN I AT THE BEACH NEAR GLOUCESTER AND NEW BEDFORD- THE SCENE OF THE START OF ISHMAEL’S ADVENTURES. I MADE MANY OF THESE PORCELAIN PENDANTS THAT SAY “HOMAGE TO MOBY AND MELVILLE” ON THE BACK.
IN KEEPING WITH THE BEACH THEME, I LOVE TO SHOP FOR JEWELRY MAKINGS AT TACKLE SHOPS.
FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS WHEN I WAS A POTTER, I DID ONE OUT OF TOWN SHOW WHEN I HAD A PICE OF PORCELAIN JEWELRY TO GIVE AWAY TO POT BUYERS. THIS WAS THE NICEST AND THEY EACH TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GLAZE. PEOPLE WERE BEGGING ME FOR ONE LONG AFTER THEY WERE DISPERSED.
ANOTHER PORCELAIN ROSE GIVE-A-WAY NECKLACE…
ANOTHER PORCELAIN SELF-PORTRAIT “POT BUDDHA” NECKLACE (SAN CORD) WITH THE RALA STAMP ON MY CHEST. RALA IS THE ROYCROFT REVIVAL ARTIST LOGO AND I WAS A MASTER POTTER FOR ROYCROFT FOR 15 YEARS.
