Rock Backtalk   Listen to a rock? Who knows more about sculpting, me or a rock? Of course, I thought I was the best choice, yet I was bested by a fist sized hunk of alabaster.  I'd taken a class in alabaster sculpting, and had some successful carvings…

Face Shapes and Earring Choices   Earring Shapes for Face Shapes Face Shape and Earring Choices What's my face shape? Stand in front of a steamy mirror and trace your jaw line. Most faces are one of these: oval, round, square, rectangle, diamond or triangle, and heart shapes.…

Face Shapes and Earring Choices   Earring Shapes for Face Shapes Face Shape and Earring Choices What's my face shape? Stand in front of a steamy mirror and trace your jaw line. Most faces are one of these: oval, round, square, rectangle, diamond or triangle, and heart shapes.…

Anyone Can Draw If I could, so can you!   Music Drawing   Jewelry Learning to draw Once the need to learn a skill is obvious, help turns up. Now my local art association does weekly free classes, but originally, the Denver Botanic Garden drawing classes made drawing…

Enter Lapidary, Besides, there are all those new tools: diamond bits in helpful shapes and lots of sizes, a flex shaft motor, and a bewildering heap of polishing possibilities. In case it is not obvious, learning new things is  another one of my hobbies. But a handful of…