Winner of the Artful Chef Competition…Team Mike Shethar and Victoria Ross Patti!!! We won with our Game of Thrones theme…four poster platter with food on spikes…..duck prosciutto and smoked melon hanging from a meat hook chandelier……a jeweled chalis….a sword and on-site copper foldformed napkin rings….I

Summer is finally here and I’ve been spending quite a bit of time outside in the great outdoors. I’ve discovered a new bird’s nest on the outside of the shop and this inspired the research of superstitions and folklore’s about bird’s nests.  Without going into

Mother’s Day is next weekend and I found myself inspired to make long stemmed roses this weekend.  I start with a 22 inch long round mild steel rod for the stem, I taper the top of the stem (hammer to a point) so I can

I am compelled to give a “shout out” to Anax Studios (www.anaxstudios.com) for a fine job of photography.  I hired them to make professional photos of  my new necklaces and they did a great job within a super quick timeline!  You can find the necklaces

I recently went to a local community college here in Colorado to see Ira Sherman talk about his eclectic art. Known more for his goldsmithing abilities (one of his gold corsage bracelets is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian), his passion lies in engineering