Jewelry
Lion of Venice
St. Mark’s winged lion with his book is the unofficial symbol of Venice. This necklace is based upon a tomb ornament from the Renaissance.
Green Woman
This cast brooch has small, rough detail in the leaves as well as wonderful undercutting.
Las cruces
The City of Las Cruces is named for a stand of crosses marking the road there in colonial days. These are made by a local silversmith and shot in studio to suggest puffy (and welcome) rain clouds forming in that famous New Mexico sky.
raven
The raven is the traditional trickster for natives of a wide area stretching from northern California to Alaska. This one is carved out of an antique narwhal ivory sled runner with an amber eye by an indigenous jeweler from Alaska.
plated oak leaf
This oak leaf is electroplated with gold to preserve and display its filigree of veins.
Atocha gold
In 1622 the Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank off the coast of Florida in a hurricane. Recovered later, and the subject of much litigation,the gold carried aboard as ingots was cast in a mold made from one of the ship’s coins for this necklace.
Bolo Tie
If you are going to be in the Southwest and wear a bolo tie, go all the way and dance.