Turkic HamsaAugust 2013 Sterling silver, glass rhinestone The stone at the center of this piece is glass rather than sapphire, but it's far more precious. It comes from a set of cuff links passed on to me by my zayde, my maternal grandfather. He passed away when I was in elementary school, and his cuff links were one of my favorite mementos of him. When the links finally fell apart, I decided to repurpose their deep blue rhinestones. I had been wanting to make a

18 karat yellow gold

I had several large chunks of alabaster left over from the process of sculpting the flame

December 2009

and it's not certainly not the first iteration of the design—teaching one's self a challenging stone-setting technique is not always quick and without pain

which means "my judgement" (the same letters that begin the name "Daniel" which means "God is my judge")

I still hadn't made pottery since elementary school at this point

I held on to this decided to make her a necklace for the holidays using those

" They also offered that they were simultaneously metalheads and ex-hippies

A couple came to me on the occasion of their 20th anniversary after they had seen my Ani L'Dodi Wrap Ring online

In keeping with the Greek text of John 3:16

I decided it would be perfect for decorative knotwork

substituting ginkgo leaves for peach blossoms