GIVEAWAY

I'm doing a giveaway on my friend Christina's blog, Down & Out Chic, please check it out for a chance to win some handmade jewelry!

Choose between a set of 5 Relic rings...

or the Plainview necklace and earrings...

or the Sunburst cuff and Crescent necklace!

Chinese painting

Just listed this ring on Etsy, it's a spiky Chinese painting jasper cabochon with sterling and brass, BAD ASS.

new listings

been hard at work, y'all...

brass double-crescent necklace with a sterling silver chain

bronze vertebra on a silver chain

Agate claw

Just listed...

red agate, sterling silver, and brass

holy cow

haven't posted in FOREVER, gonna try and get back to it.
so, here are some of my new favorite earrings...

they're leopardskin jasper, sterling silver, and brass.

down and out...

I'm featured on Down and Out Chic, a blog by Christina, a super awesome girl (who also works at Ike & Jane). Every week she does giveaways, and this week it's my bison necklace, so go check it out :)

new new new etch etch etch

I've been working on some new etchings... it's one of my favorite processes despite the hazards. The results are (almost) always worth it.

Here's a Susia fuciformus, a rad looking moth guy who I couldn't find any info about...

And here's Oculina virginea, a coral found in the Atlantic from North Carolina to the Caribbean...

Wedding rings...

I got a custom order for new wedding bands from a delightful lady, who I really want to post pictures of, along with her husband, a guitar god, but I don't want to violate anyone's privacy by posting pictures on the internets, so...
The rings are sterling silver and 18k gold, etched with images of bamboo as a symbol of resilience and longevity.

Better Mornings...

I was featured on Better Mornings Atlanta a few weeks ago in a Daily Candy segment about Valentine's Day gifts. Excellent. I can't seem to figure out how to embed the clip (anyone?), but you can watch it here, check it out around 1:40...

Daily Candy

Daily Candy featured me today in their Atlanta edition!


"First came the rubber motto bracelets. Then the oversize rhinestone peace sign necklace. And finally, Stacy and Clinton.

There’s an easier way to show you got the message: sleekly gothic jewelry by Athens metalworker Laurel Hill.

Individually stamped pieces combine personal quotations with an Edward Gorey aesthetic. So you can speak your mind while minding your manners.

Spread the word with silver necklaces, knuckle-dusters, and rings large enough for phrases like “Toujours” and “Love will tear us apart.” (Someone actually requested that one.) Custom orders take about a week and can be done in copper or gold.

Proving your distinct taste and the will to use it?

That’s really making a statement."

Defend like a champion today.

I got a custom order for a banner cuff bracelet with the words "defend like a champion today" and the buyer sent me a message explaining her inspiration...

"I work for the public defender, and plan to focus my career on providing free legal representation to poor folks. I just found out I passed the bar, and I want to remind myself to fight my hardest everyday for my clients."

What an awesome lady.

ICE

I.C.E. was super! I ran into some old much-missed friends, including a surprise from Byron who bought a small coffee farm in the Dominican Republic. Excellent. Here are some photos, although I love how I didn't bother to straighten my display before taking them...

Amazing

Andrew Gn

Treasury

Enhabiten included my bison necklace in this awesome Etsy treasury...


Sorry the last row is wonky, I'm really no good with computers.

new earrings... simple, rustic hoops inspired by ancient Greek jewelry.

I got a custom order for a banner ring with the words "AB IMO PECTORE," latin for "from the bottom of my heart." Here's Steve modeling it.

new ring...

More new etched jewelry... these earrings are etched with images of Porpita nuda, a tiny aquatic invertebrate.  

more etching... 

star anise

I've been etching again, it's smelly and chemically and potentially dangerous, but the results are great.