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• Wings of Hope: Changing Leaves Collection

  Published Jun 18 2017 in New Collections, Philanthropy Jewelry

  

   

  I am honoured to be chosen out of a group of jewelry designers to be a part of the "Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation"  2017 jewelry collection.  

  This organization provides assistance for low income breast cancer patients who have received in the past or are currently receiving treatment at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary. Please read more about this wonderful organization on their website: Wings of Hope.

  This charitable organization requested a collection that would represent Alberta. After careful thought and pulling from my experiences as an Albertan, my "Changing Leaves Collection" was created. This collection is inspired by the seasonal landscape of the beautiful forests of Alberta.

  From spring to summer & fall to winter those leaves evolve representing growth, life & change.
  From a bud in the spring, growth throughout our summer and eventual departure from the trees that it came from; it is those leaves that feed the ground that it was born from.  
  Each stage is beautiful and enchanting.

  My personal appreciation of the great outdoors, love of the river valley & trails of Alberta serve as an inspiration for the Changing Leaves Collection in support of this charitable organization.  

  A significant portion of the sales of this jewelry collection will be donated to the Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.

  Find the Wings of Hope Changing Leaves Collection online:

  The Changing Leaves Collection

  
  

• The Starfish Collection: Making a Difference

  Published May 31 2017 in New Collections

  

   

  One day a man was walking along the 

  beach when he noticed a boy picking up

  and gently throwing things into the ocean.

  Approaching the boy he asked:

  "Young man,what are you doing?"

  The boy replied, "Throwing starfish back into the ocean.  

  The surf is up and the tide is going out.

  If I don't throw them back, they'll die."

  The man laughed to himself and said,

  "Do you realize there are miles and miles of beach

  and hundreds of starfish? You can't make any difference."

  After listening politely, the boy bent down,

  picked up another starfish and threw it into the surf,

  then smiling at the man, he said:

  "I made a difference to that one."

  by Loren Eiseley

  Find the Starfish Collection Online

  
  

• Cubist Collection: Graceful and Strong

  Published Feb 01 2017 in New Collections

  
  
  

  The Cubist Collection reflects the modernist movement of the early 20th Century:  

  Cubism.

  In this time, art in the form of paintings took on simple geometric and abstract shapes to represent natural forms. Interlocking panels represented those life forms in a collage of angular shapes & curves. The Cubist Collection takes these simple shapes and transforms them into modern pieces of jewelry meant to be layered like a collage. This collection represents those that are graceful and strong.  

  CUBIST COLLECTION online

  

  Blue Topaz Necklace and Bracelet

  

  Pablo Picasso "Ma Jolie", Paris 1911-12

  Cubism 

  
  

• Luminous Holiday Collection

  Published Nov 02 2016 in New Collections

  
  
  

  Luminous Holiday Collection

  A small collection of luxurious elevated jewelry pieces. This collection highlights the perfection of swarovski crystals and pave beads with the raw and quiet beauty of my silver and bronze individually metal worked pieces.  

  Find online at: http://www.orangeavocado.ca/collections/holiday-collection

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• Sculpt Collection: Jewels One by One

  Published Aug 04 2016 in New Collections

  

  

  Every. Day.  

  Every day I roll the silver in my hands.  Every day I sculpt the silver into curves, lines & bends.  It's an expression of my art.  Then first test pieces of silver for each collection are always the most exciting for me to see when I open my  kiln, when I burnish the surface taking away the crystallized layers, when I make it into a wearable piece of jewelry.  

  And these are the elements of my Sculpt Collection.  Classic fine silver in harmony with the deep grey tones of steel chain, labradorite and pyrite semi-precious stones.  So much thought has gone into this hand crafted and individually metal worked collection of abstract corners and lines against curves.  

  It's a study of shape, form and texture.

  Although I love this entire Sculpt Collection, I do have a few favourites. I am wearing them on rotation:  Abstract branches earrings, Four corner necklace & bracelet, Labradorite & Freeform silver nugget double wrap bracelet.  I've done this for now over ten years & each time I sculpt a piece of silver or bronze it is still exciting for me to see the piece evolve.  To create a new collection each time is an expression of that excitement & joy that I have for making something new each & every day.  

  Every day.

   So I now share with you my Sculpt Collection.  

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  SCULPT Collection online: 

  http://www.orangeavocado.ca/collections/sculpt-collection