"Olive Fields" BroochMay 2014 Sterling silver, jade A client came to me with an interesting Mothers' Day project. He wanted a brooch for his wife that celebrated their daughter, Olive, as well as their multi cultural Polish Chinese family background. His surname very basically means "of Poland," and the name of the country itself reflects its agrarian roots and is derived from the Polish word for "field." The Chinese word for "field," (tin) is a common surname in China,

an even more personal relationship

Below the wheat are waves done in sterling silver

and to have it be a design that was unisex enough that it would look good on the fingers of both the bride and groom

They came into our possession in a lot that contained many authentic pieces of Navajo jewelry

the six sets of cymbals align to form the points of an implied Star of David when the piece is viewed from the front

Dimensions: 1" x 1"

The result is what at first glance seems like an elegant

I happened to be browsing through a book about my original art hero

" and pearls are frequently used to represent purity

or "long life"—a word that numerologically adds up to eighteen

Nohoanu is recreated here in plique-à-jour

A friend of mine needed a gift for his girlfriend