I have been very jewelry neglegent, most of these examples were done in college. Though some of the beadwork is more recent.
This is a ring made with cold connnections (no soldering) and it is covered with part of a coke can, namely the part that said "unique".
This is the first piece of soldered jewelry I ever made. It is a tinkleing ball, lovingly called by everyone in my class the "devil ball". It was challenging to make and I have never attempede to make another one.
Hollow form ring made from copper with black patina. I liked big sharp jewelry at the time, but now I think that it resembles the top of a pineapple, sort of.
I made this in my casting class. I loved this class. I was inspired by Ernst Heckle's book "Art Forms In Nature". Still one of my favorite books.
This is a trilobite that was inspired by Ernst Heckle's drawings. Cast in sterling silver during my casting class in college.
The following is a series of rings that I called "Rape Rings" they are ment to aid women in self defence. all are cast in sterling silver.
This is a piece that I made in my chasing and repousse class. It is a copper pin.
I also made this piece in the chasing and repousse class. I was really just experimenting with surfaces. I have always ment to go back and finish the piece, make it a pin or something. Someday. I called it "Poop" because I thought of the blob in the left corner as a plop of pooh.
This is a sterling silver pin with painted enamel. I was feeling a bit lost in the crowd at the time. I am not very good at drawing or painting, so I tend towards oversimplification.
In this sterling silver necklace with painting enamel, I utilized the same simplified figure in her own little prison, with a bit of hope, the key is in reach though not in sight, on the back of the hand wrought chain.
(detail)
This is a sterling silver necklace, with a hand wrought chain and a cloisonne madusa. I have always Identified with madusa, possiblally because of the hair. I feel like she is misunderstood, she is represented as an evil creature, but I think she was just lonely and misunderstood. On the back of this rotating pendant is a mirror.
This is a sterling silver necklace with a chain made from individually cast pieces. The Champleve pendant, is a girl with firey hair. The face is a simple silhouette. The firey hair seems to be consuming her. The technique of champleve includes etching the outlines into copper and filling the spaces with enamels.
This is a sterling silver ring with a set topaz. It is fabricated. My teacher assigned us to remake one piece that we had done in the past that we felt we could do better. Below there is a picture of the original. Redone it was more delecate. I was obsessed with lanterns, and street lamps.
This is the original, slightly more bulky and ucomfortable.
This is a necklace that I made over the summer during college. I called it "Fishing for a Fantacy."
Man I really hated this class. It was forming. taking large hunks of metal and hammering them to the correct shape.
This is my "Chicken Foot Bowl." When I presented it there was an actual dried up chicken foot in it. I thought it was funny,. I forged this bowl shaped as half an egg, It has been sandblasted so that the surface is more pockmarked and egglike. The feet were cast from silver, and soldered into a tripod support for the bowl.
This is a detail of the cast chicken feet.
I used to do a lot of beadwork when I was in highschool. I came up with this design for a color theory class assignment. not really very daring colors, but I got an A.
This bracelet is made of cast amorphous bulbs and 70 plus cubic zirconia set in the bulbs
This piece was made as a final project for my Arthurian ledgends class. There is a picture of a woman boiling in a cauldron on one side and hanged on the other. Not sure what the pictures represented... though kinda funny that the images are on a choker.
This is a piece that I made for a "Gold and Platnum" class. The design is based on butterfly wing patterns. Needless to say the materials are gold, platnum, and blue topaz. I fabricated everything but the clasp which was cast.
I made this piece after school. I wanted to start a line of easily recreatable cast jewelry. I never actually made another one. This is where I learned that I hate making things twice. It is silver and cubic zirconium.
This was another piece that was supposed to be part of my line. Made from sterling silver and a toy train person.
This house is the final finished piece of the line. sterling silver. actually really comfortable. I had a great time designing them, but a rotten time recreating them over and over.
This is a ring made with cold connnections (no soldering) and it is covered with part of a coke can, namely the part that said "unique".
This is the first piece of soldered jewelry I ever made. It is a tinkleing ball, lovingly called by everyone in my class the "devil ball". It was challenging to make and I have never attempede to make another one. 
Hollow form ring made from copper with black patina. I liked big sharp jewelry at the time, but now I think that it resembles the top of a pineapple, sort of.
I made this in my casting class. I loved this class. I was inspired by Ernst Heckle's book "Art Forms In Nature". Still one of my favorite books.
This is a trilobite that was inspired by Ernst Heckle's drawings. Cast in sterling silver during my casting class in college.
The following is a series of rings that I called "Rape Rings" they are ment to aid women in self defence. all are cast in sterling silver.
This is a piece that I made in my chasing and repousse class. It is a copper pin.
I also made this piece in the chasing and repousse class. I was really just experimenting with surfaces. I have always ment to go back and finish the piece, make it a pin or something. Someday. I called it "Poop" because I thought of the blob in the left corner as a plop of pooh. 
This is a sterling silver pin with painted enamel. I was feeling a bit lost in the crowd at the time. I am not very good at drawing or painting, so I tend towards oversimplification.
In this sterling silver necklace with painting enamel, I utilized the same simplified figure in her own little prison, with a bit of hope, the key is in reach though not in sight, on the back of the hand wrought chain. 
(detail)
This is a sterling silver necklace, with a hand wrought chain and a cloisonne madusa. I have always Identified with madusa, possiblally because of the hair. I feel like she is misunderstood, she is represented as an evil creature, but I think she was just lonely and misunderstood. On the back of this rotating pendant is a mirror. 
This is a sterling silver necklace with a chain made from individually cast pieces. The Champleve pendant, is a girl with firey hair. The face is a simple silhouette. The firey hair seems to be consuming her. The technique of champleve includes etching the outlines into copper and filling the spaces with enamels.
This is a sterling silver ring with a set topaz. It is fabricated. My teacher assigned us to remake one piece that we had done in the past that we felt we could do better. Below there is a picture of the original. Redone it was more delecate. I was obsessed with lanterns, and street lamps.
This is the original, slightly more bulky and ucomfortable. 
This is a necklace that I made over the summer during college. I called it "Fishing for a Fantacy."
Man I really hated this class. It was forming. taking large hunks of metal and hammering them to the correct shape. 
This is my "Chicken Foot Bowl." When I presented it there was an actual dried up chicken foot in it. I thought it was funny,. I forged this bowl shaped as half an egg, It has been sandblasted so that the surface is more pockmarked and egglike. The feet were cast from silver, and soldered into a tripod support for the bowl. 
This is a detail of the cast chicken feet. 
I used to do a lot of beadwork when I was in highschool. I came up with this design for a color theory class assignment. not really very daring colors, but I got an A.
This bracelet is made of cast amorphous bulbs and 70 plus cubic zirconia set in the bulbs
This piece was made as a final project for my Arthurian ledgends class. There is a picture of a woman boiling in a cauldron on one side and hanged on the other. Not sure what the pictures represented... though kinda funny that the images are on a choker.
This is a piece that I made for a "Gold and Platnum" class. The design is based on butterfly wing patterns. Needless to say the materials are gold, platnum, and blue topaz. I fabricated everything but the clasp which was cast.
I made this piece after school. I wanted to start a line of easily recreatable cast jewelry. I never actually made another one. This is where I learned that I hate making things twice. It is silver and cubic zirconium.
This was another piece that was supposed to be part of my line. Made from sterling silver and a toy train person. 
This house is the final finished piece of the line. sterling silver. actually really comfortable. I had a great time designing them, but a rotten time recreating them over and over. 
