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About the Artist

Who first tied a claw or a shiny pebble on strip of leather and worn it as a decoration? — or a declaration?

For longer than recorded history, we have defined our differences and our allegiances, carried our memories and our wealth in the form of jewelry — very often in the form of beads. We have collected them, traded them, hoarded them, lost them. We have burned forests to make them, traded worlds for them. They have been the domain of kings, the fascination of children, the comfort of the bereaved, the lure for the greedy. They are pedestrian, they are art, they are ubiquitous, they are magic.

 

c.v. Selected Media:

Flow Magazine - Jan 2009

Molten Obsessions

The Bata Shoe Museum "Beading Bonanza"

The Flow Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 4. Women in Glass

Spotlight on Magic Reactions, soft glass colour reactions, Corina Tettinger

Interview: Lampwork Artist, BeadingTimes.com

 

Skills Development

I believe in taking classes. I believe that we stand on the shoulders of giants. As I teacher - I learn different styles and techniques. As a student, I learn new ways of working and thinking. As an artiist - I broaden my communications toolkit.

  • Heather Trimlett
  • Jennifer Geldard
  • Deborah Read
  • Kate Fowle-Melaney
  • Cynthia Archer/Amy Johnson - Collaborative Glass and Metal Smithing
  • Stephanie Sersich
  • Dustin Tabor
  • Kathy Johnson - Glass Horses
  • Lucy Weir
  • Amber Higgins
  • ISGB Instructor Seminar

I'm fascinated with the timelessness of personal adornment — and the universal appeal of jewelry. The primal urge that causes us to hang decoration on our bodies. The endless fascination with beads, with glass a unique substance that defies logic, defies description, defines magic.

Glass, in particular, is a strange and wonderful substance. Hard, strong, brittle, clear, transparent, opaque, malleable, immutable, impervious, corruptible — what else is so ethereal and so solid at the same time?

And then, there is the process … is there anything with a more primal appeal than fire? Melting the glass, shaping it with heat and gravity — tools that you can't see, can't touch. One dangerous and the other so ubiquitous it is beyond noticing.

Oh, those golden days when the glass does everything you ask, and more. Magic, just magic!

What else? I can ride a horse, teach a dog to come when called, drive a stick-shift, milk a goat. I can tell a story, paint a picture, change a tire. I can build a web site, bandage a wound, and bake cookies. I read Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and J. K. Rowling. I watch "Torchwood," "CSI," and "SpongeBob." I believe in big bold Cabernets, real butter, and death by chocolate. I know the international phonetic alphabet. I believe in the power of duct tape. Specialization is for insects. I am "DragonJools."

Informal Gallery This is my "Webshots" gallery — not just beads, but other stuff too. Dogs, mostly.

This is a link into my "old" site - archived images of beads, some jewelry, more beads, digital artwork, and even older digital artwork.