Monthly Archives: October 2022

1″ x 2″, glass

I think a lot about what’s next; planning for the future and trying to optimize.  And sometimes the number of things I have to do each day feels like an over-commitment, filling every hour and making it hard to change course.  But the flip side of being so busy is that it keeps me grounded.  As long as I’m stuck somewhere good, maybe it’s OK to not be moving.  The tiny recycled glass tiles in this pendant are stuck in a green-tinted cement. As long as they don’t struggle against it, maybe it’s cozy to be stuck so tight.

.5″ x 2″, dichroic glass

I had some complicated thoughts about pendant designs for this week, but the colors of the leaves on every block are so vibrant that I couldn’t get them out of my head and they snuck into the pendant. I love the way the dichroic glass reflects the light and makes the colors glow just like the sun shining through the leaves of the very brightest trees.

2″x .5″, glass and found objects

In some small parts of my life I have all my ducks in a  row; I arrive to meetings on time, I prepare materials in advance, I (usually) stay up to date on entries to my public health job’s database. But in other areas of my life there’s just constant change, and it feels like the sands are always shifting beneath me. In person, this pendant shifts colors as the dichroic glass on the left side reflects the light around it. As it moves it changes.  And yet the small pile on the right stays in place, precarious but balanced.

.75″ x 1.25″, found objects

This summer brought a long drought,  but the rains have definitely come.  While I feel awfully down and dreary on gray, wet days, I’ve been trying to see the beauty in the rain itself and in the plants that grow in its wake. This raindrop-shaped pendant has four golden drops inside.