Etsy

Visit my shop: takingshape.etsy.com

Look for my IndeSpiral beadweaving & flat circular mandala articles in the past October 2005 issue of Bead & Button Magazine. They don't sell the pattern separately, but you can still purchase the magazine through the online back issues site. Also my IndeSpiral pattern was on the cover of B&B's April 2010 issue, as Annette Mackrel used my Indespiral design in her necklace design, so this issue includes the pattern.

Please, respect the artist's Copyrights - if you would like to teach, reproduce to sell, reproduce to give away free or in any way, use my patterns and/or designs or any portion of my patterns and/or designs, you need to ASK permission from me - thank you.

I worked as a Designer for Peyote Bird Designs, on and off, for over 10 years, from 1992-2004, here in Santa Fe, New Mexico. If some of my necklaces have a familiar look, it is because I was a founding member of the PB design team, that asymmetrical, bohemian style that is seen in the 'Sundance' catalog, is still part of me, it is my style, too. I love Sleeping Beauty turquoise & corals, lapis & black onyx, amber, amethyst and garnet, labradorite, moonstone, pearls, kyanite and handshaped heishi beads & fetishes. Of course, hand-finished, oxidized sterling silver is my metal of choice :)

Please visit the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops (MNMF) New Mexico Creates, where I am represented with some silverwork available for purchase:
http://newmexicocreates.org/category-2/Jewelry-and-Accessories/Jewelry?filter%5Bartist%5D=1517


In 2009, one of my beadwoven pieces was picked to tour with Beadwork Magazine's BEADWORK VI "THE BEADED BOOK". Titled "The Visions of Gandalf the Grey", inspired by the book "THE HOBBIT" by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was at BEADFEST in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It then was published in Beadwork magazine's June/July 2009 issue & went on to BEADFEST Philadelphia for August 21st through 23rd. You can check it out here, along with all the other winners:
http://www.interweave.com/bead/events/beaded-books/
It is also in the top row of items available for purchase in my shop.

I am an observer - I've spent most of my life in a dream state, observing:) I grew up surrounded by creatively minded and independent souls, and feel fortunate to have found my creative outlet - using my hands, needle, thoughts, thread and beads to shape the images of my 'daydreams'.
Most of what I create are figurative experiments. I use antique & vintage beads, cabochons, gemstones and rocks, sterling silver, copper & gold-fill, fabric, leather, clay, glass. I also do wire-wrapping, metalwork, sewing, painting and sculptural faces in clay.

My addiction to collecting began as a kid, first it was rocks; then jewelry; then old pottery. I love old mid-century pottery. The colors, the shapes, and I love how they look grouped by color. My house has, at times, been filled with colorful pottery, all colorized - yellows, turquoises, whites, seafoam greens - every shelf a different color :)

My addiction to beads started in 1973, when I started selling at medieval faires in California. African beads on leather, feathers, Huicholes style earrings. I soon developed an interest in free-form and sculptural beadweaving after seeing Joyce Scott's fantastic creations in beads. In 1988, I began to develop some diagrams for flat, circular peyote or gourd weave. This became a form of self-expression & meditation, especially after losing my younger brother in 1990. I self-published a booklet on the flat circular weave with many diagrams. Then I went on to 3-D sculptural shapes like figures and trees.
In 1994, I first created the increasing and decreasing tubular peyote spiral which I now call the 'indespiral'. A smooth spiral forms without having to utilize bigger beads to achieve a spiral, as in the Celini spiral. Many variations are possible using this simple pattern.
Since being published in Bead & Button in October, 2005, I have seen people all over the world doing my Indespiral, and that is a wonderful thing for me; At least I have contributed something to the world of beadwork, and given some joy to those who create with the indespiral.