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My friend, Odette's great aunt Nattey spent 70 years collecting jewelry. She gave it all to Odette. It's a huge, eclectic bunch of jewelry. Odette chose a group of pieces from the kitschy part of the collection, invited 25 jewelers with different styles to choose a piece, and then use it as inspiration for a new piece. The result is this show. The Cutting Through...

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I was given this Award of Excellence during the American Craft Council's American Craft Made show in St. Paul, MN, much to my surprise. I didn't even know they gave awards.
 When a group of people congregated outside my booth on Saturday, my first thought was, 'what did I do wrong.' This was the first time I'd done one of their shows so I figured...

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I lightened the patina on this ring and redid the photos. I wanted it to have a lighter presence than it did before. It made the ring seem happier.

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