About Me

Many years of drawing and painting portraits lead to cramped creativity. The years of producing work "to please the customer" weighed on my desire to design tactile permanent pieces simply for the real pleasure it gives me. My first freeing step was to produce large designs in rough cut steel to be installed on the outside of buildings. I later moved indoors working in sheets of sterling silver to create jewelry. Finding the silver work more gratifying than steel, I am pleased that people enjoy my jewelry. I make my own stamping tools and hammer most surfaces, finishing with steel wool or polishing to a high shine. My husband, Leigh, and I sell my work at the juried shows we are invited to all across the U.S. Email for prices and information please swadeworks@gmail.com

Friday, July 29, 2011

New Pieces

 This was a custom bracelet for a client's mother who has traveled to Italy every year for decades - right up my alley!  It was bent into a cuff of course.
 I had a great time choosing pearls last February at the Tucson Gem Show.  This natural beauty is one I found.
 A cuff for a woman named Rebecca.  The design is my interpretation of Rebekah of the Old Testament who was drawing water from a well when she was approached by the servant of Isaac.  Isaac became her husband and the rest is history!  This is pictured before bending into a cuff.
One of my new favorites, this is sold and had a bracelet to match.  This client has ordered a ring to complete the set.
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