Many many moons ago I started out making inexpensive jewellery, at first aimed at little girls to fill out my table at the Farmers’ Market and Craft Sales where I took my ceramics...... You know... just to have some affordable pieces to cover costs. The first “adult” jewellery had ceramic feature pieces: then because the lustre of pearls enhanced the lustre finishes on the ceramics, I added “pearls”. So I had extra pearls to which I added shells and Mother of Pearl beads and pieces.. ......see................. the snow-ball effect. Meanwhile I had developed an interest in gemstones and their meanings and ancient attributes.
I had mostly put aside jewellery-making to concentrate on the flower-growing and herb- gathering. But age and injury caught up and I am no longer able to gambol on the hills and through the woods.
Sietse, perhaps to ease flak he was getting because of my frustration, encouraged me to get back into it. After all I do not have to be able to walk to make jewellery...... Now as well as the gemstones I have developed a love for Swarovski crystals and lampwork glass beads........
And Sietse decided to try his hand at carving horn, so many of my pieces are really a joint effort as he cuts and polishes the antler pieces and polishes teeth, fang and claw used in our specialty Totem Jewellery.
So....
I present....
Broadview, SK, Canada
