From The Studio
This is a neck-piece that I’ve been working on in the studio. Similar to the pieces that I made for my recent show at Craftland, this piece is made of monochromatic glass beads encased in a tube of knit thread,…
Islay Taylor
Coprolite Watch
Apparently, I’m only making tacky or ironic posts these days. Supporting this revelation, I just came across an article from the Associated Press about a Swiss luxury watchmaker who just revealed a new design for a watch made of fossilized…
Baby Skull Jewelry May Be Linked To Violence
Check out this sardonic news piece from the Onion discussing the new fad of wearing baby skulls. Regardless of whether the skulls are fairly traded or not, it seems that this new jewelry trend might be a real fashion faux…
Material Desires
I’m really disappointed that I forgot to bring my camera to the opening of Material Desires last week. The opening was phenomenal, and it was great to have so many friends come and show their support. I was really happy…
Drumroll Please…
bruum… bruumm… bruuuuummmpttt! I just got finished installing my new necklaces for the Material Desire show that’s opening at Craftland on Thursday night! I’m surprisingly pleased with how the work looks. For this exhibition, I am showing 11 new neckpieces…
Getting there…
This is a grouping of some necklaces that I am working on for the upcoming Material Desires show at Craftland. The show opens on February 12th, so I’m going a little mad right now trying to put finishing touches on…
Love Locks
I just came across an interesting news story about the new phenomena of ‘love locks‘ in Cologne, Germany. Apparently, the officials in Cologne are baffled by the new romantic tendency to padlock ‘love locks‘ on the Hohenzollernbrücke bridge that stretches…
Slash: Paper under the Knife
I just realized that the current exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, Slash: Paper under the Knife, is still up for a couple more months. I can’t wait to go check it out, especially…
This piece is still in the works… I’m slowing working on some necklaces that have retro-glow knitted around strands of beads. I’ve been knitting colored thread along with the retro-glo to add some color and strength… But, I’m thinking that…