Where the Ginko Grows

At last, a long-time desire to create a ketubah has been fulfilled! When my husband and I were planning our wedding, I so wanted to create so many things: our invitations, our chuppah, my husbands tallis, the wedding programs, and a ketubah. But as my responsibilities, and creativity grew, time began to run out quickly. My ambitions to create a painting that would both illustrate our dedication to each other, as well as the kind of home we wanted to create started to fade. I needed to be realistic. I had soon forgotten my desire when I fell in love with the beautifully designed ketubah my husband and I picked out at our favorite Judaica store in Boston.

Exploring Flora

Using the season’s bounty of flora as influence and inspiration, I am exploring a variety of metal techniques within the context of botanical forms. Surface treatments such as reticulation, chasing & repousse’ and unusual techniques serve to enhance the forms in exploration. Direct molding, wax impressions, natural object casting, electroforming and incorporating found objects are also being investigated in exploring this organic approach to metalsmithing. Stay tuned to see how my project is coming – it will be completed by August 11, 2010.

Welcome Zachary Aaron

He’s here! I can’t even describe how much my heart is filled with an overwhelming sense of joy and peace (must be that maternal instinct people always refer to).

Zachary Aaron, our son, came into this world earlier than expected on December 2, 2009 at 2:25 pm after less than 11 hours of labor!

More Fabrics I Love:

Michael Miller and Paula Prass. Yummy!

Paper Culture

Me likee: Paperculture.com. I discovered this site while waiting for my latest OB appointment, reading Cookie magazine. Great place for recycled paper invitations and announcements. Cute clean design too!

Spoon Flower Power!

WOW! Need to have your own pattern printed on fabric for your favorite lil creation? SPOONFLOWER.com is the answer! Fabric and design. Creativity and color. The Spoonflower community uses fabric to make quilts, clothes, pillows, dolls, blankets, handbags, framed textile art and many other things. Customers post photos of the beautiful items they make in [...]

Birds I View

Pendant :: Sterling silver, NuGold, copper, opal, blue topaz, prosthetic eye, paper bluebird, and glass. Prosthetic eye by Barbara Spohn-Lillo © Jennifer E. Fairman. All Rights Reserved Here it is! “Birds I View” the Pendant! Media: Sterling silver, NuGold, copper, opal, blue topaz, prosthetic eye, paper bird, and glass. Barbara Spohn-Lillo, a maxillofacial anaplastologist, and [...]

Baby Booties

My friend Dacia and I had a “Craft Weekend” – she wanted to make a skirt, and I wanted to try my hand at making a few baby items: I made my first pair of pants…but alas, I think they would only fit a preemie…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Hearts! I made this little heart as an experiment…and now it reminds me that I am falling behind on all those stars! I am anticipating creating a larger piece using an ocular that I am hoping to carve into the shape of a heart without shattering it. Thus I took a scrap of sea glass and carved a heart to see if I could actually do it without any accidents…

Cathy Penton Designs

:: Check out: cathypentondesigns.com. I just discovered Cathy’s work today when I was waiting at the Home Depot by the cashiers and magazines. I had never seen a Romantic Homes Magazine before, so while waiting for my husband to come back to the front of the store, I was flipping through the magazine and there you were! Love her style. Heart-warming and so inspiring!