Deemakesjewelry Recommends: The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration by Debra Adelso

This a wonderful reference book about contemporary jewelry by Debra Adelson from Lark Books with plastic and resin as the main mediums. The book begins with resourceful information about plastics and resins, followed by pages after pages of color pictures depicting of projects and jewelry pieces. This book is written for someone who has knowledge [...]

Resin and Plastic in Jewelry

When I create jewelry I consider all materials to create a beautiful and unique artsy piece. Options such as color and texture are obvious choices but, when it comes to medium almost any medium can be used in  jewelry.  Feathers, found objects, paper mache and clay are some interesting and commonly used choices. But did [...]

Fold Forming for Jewelry Workshop with John Cogswell

From September 9-12, 2010, I attended a fold forming workshop at the Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ. Peters Valley property has been poorly maintained since it opened  4o years ago because the U.S. Park Service maintains it. Some of the pictures I took include the mansion I stayed at which had 7 bedrooms [...]

Sebastian’s Voodoo Animation Film at the Black Maria Film + Video Festival

Earlier this year I attended the 29th Annual Black Maria Film Festival, which was named after Thomas Edison’s 1893 motion picture studio. His studio was the first motion picture studio in the world.   The festival is known as an international juried competition and award tour of works from independent film and video makers. One short [...]

University and Scholarship Art News

Back to the University for me this week, for Jewelry  and Art in Latin America. I am eager to learn more about the learn more about the arts and my  Latin American roots. My mother’s family is from Honduras so I was raised in an American-Latino cultured home. Even  though I have been exposed to [...]

My Experience at Gallery Aferro’s Paper Moon 2nd Annual Art Auction & Party

The 2nd annual Paper Moon at Gallery Aferro’s was a blast! This event was a huge fundraising event for the art gallery, that provides free art programs for their community. Fellow blogger, TracyReneeJones and her bro, LB accompany me to this exciting event, which kept us busy with the sampling of food from local restaurants [...]

Jewelry- it all begins with a sheet

I am half-way through my semester at the University and I am loving my classes  of Western Civ, Art History II and Jewelry I.  In my Jewelry class, we have learned that the most important step to jewelry making is to the decide which metals will be used in your piece. Each metal has a [...]