Although jewelry is not my main passion, I do enjoy using mixed media techniques to create jewelry with a rather funky appeal. And for the last several years I have been teaching classes in mixed media jewelry during
Shake Rag Alley's annual jewelry weekend, now called Jewelry Boor Camp (formerly Beads and Bangles).
This spring I taught a session called
Junk Drawer Arts Charms - making jewelry components out of some decidedly unconventional jewelry materials, especially household "trinkets" - all that flotsam and jetsam that has accumulated in your desk drawer, tool chest, sewing kit, or wherever.
In addition to the Junk Drawer Art Charms class, from time to time, I have also taught
Boho Dangle Necklace (making mixed media dangles that are incorporated into a necklace or can be used for earrings) and
Handmade Bead Bracelet (making beads out of unconventional materials such and paper and vinyl tubing, then combining these with commercial beads on a memory wire bracelet).
My jewelry can be found at
Longbranch Gallery in Mineral Point.
