Fall Party

Again… I have another project published in Stringing magazine, issue Fall 2010.


These earrings appear on one of the mag’s earrings gallery pages and I think the design is pretty straightfoward to reflect the characteristics of fall. The colors bear earthy warm tones in copper/brown, orange and yellow (not really shown in the photo) with a little drop of pink. The leaves are the ultimate sign of what normally happens in this season: leaves turn orange/red/yellow/brown and start to fall from trees.


Initially, the earrings were intended to be worn together with this necklace. Only because I didn’t have flower charms or beads that might go well with the flower-motif lampwork beads, I used leaf charms as my last resort. This minor discrepancy was I thought acceptable because leaves and flowers shared the same theme: plants. So when both earrings and necklace were worn, they would still look in harmony.

By the way, if you take a closer look at the necklace, it actually has a rich color combo. Gold, bronze, orange, yellow, copper, red, brown and pink. Perfect for a party in fall!

Publication: Earth Dance

I’ve been busy for the last two months doing all kids-and-family-related stuff and, of course, making some new jewelry designs. Unfortunately, I can’t show them to you right now as they aren’t yet photographed. Nevertheless, I have another good thing to share: my work in Stringing magazine!

This "Earth Dance" bracelet appears on page 61 of the Fall 2009 issue of Stringing.


It is composed of Jennifer Jennings’ flirty ruffle glass discs that captured my heart from the very first moment. The wavy shape brings a sense of motion and in particular, the dark ivory-colored discs have chocolate swirl on them. I thought these were interesting elements and should be featured in my work. So I lined them up in slight different sizes and interspersed them with sparkling Swarovski bicones. If normally I use sterling silver in my work, this time I accented the bracelet with copper findings which appear to blend nicely with the fall color palette of the ruffle discs.

Publication: Stringing, Summer 2009

It’s official now!

This Let’s Play Rugby set is published in the summer 2009 issue of Stringing which hits newsstands today. It’s the third time for me to have my projects published in print and the first in an American magazine. The other two projects appeared in a British magazine Bead.

The set features the fabulous glass work of German artist Ute Neumann. To me the lampwork beads mimic the shape of rugby balls and the colors are bright and bold making them perfect for summer. I genuinenly love them!