Journal
Introducing the Crystal Kaleidoscopes
I had my studio up and running for a year, and a kaleidoscopic vision danced through my thoughts every so often until I knew I wouldn’t be able to shake it off and had to just go for it. Elizabeth Gilbert has this idea in her book, Big Magic, that if you don’t take an idea up on it’s offer to be created, the idea will fly off and find another person who will create it (this happened to her with a book). I...
Hello Pyrite, My Old Friend
This is the one that stole my heart and started the whole thing. My gemstone romance. I was 7 years old and loose in the gift shop of...
Tale of a Tiny Plagiarist
I once was a tiny poet; I guess writing was really my first creative outlet. As soon as I could write I kept a pad and paper by my bed because when the lights went out, poems would form in my mind. I would have to race to switch the light back on....
How Myth and Stone is Made
I wanted to share with you a little about my creation process. Not sure about you, but I love getting a sneak peek into an artist’s studio or seeing the steps of how objects are fabricated.
Who really needs jewelry?
This is my very first entry on the Myth and Stone blog! I thought I would start by addressing a potential elephant in the room (I always imagine this elephant is pink, am I mixing up idioms? ). I’m aware that launching a business selling non-essentials at a time when many have lost their jobs and others are barely scraping by might not be ideal. I even debated whether I should launch at all. I wouldn’t want to appear blind to the current events, or even somehow insensitive. But the reality is, I finally had time to work on this...