I posted the other day about my admiration for the jewelry of Amy Hanna and other mixed media artists like her, and how I was inspired to create my own style of jewelry based on my own paintings. I have already created several pieces and have begun to list them in my Etsy shop.

I am not initially a jewelry-kind-of-girl, shiny gold and perfectly cut gems don’t really do it for me, but give me anything created from destashed costume jewelry, religious artifacts and tarnished vintage findings and I will be in heaven.

Recently I gave my mom one of my paintings embedded in a simple vintage oval brooch and she liked it so much that I was inspired to create more, hence the new line of jewelry.

I am enjoying this new creative process, joining items that were never meant to go together into one cohesive wearable piece of art.

I like the challenge of being as green as I can by using what already exists and seeing my artwork take on a whole new life.

I hope to keep developing new ideas using unique found items. That will be the fun part.

Diane