New Website Design!

Torah Breastplate, Sterling silver, brass, glass;  Congregation Kehillat Israel

                        http://www.growingupjewish.com  
                                                          
I need some feedback (love!) on my new website design, courtesy of my talented daughter, Lauren. Thank you, thank you!!!!

It features my newest pieces with a very easy way to purchase any of them, in contrast to my "old" site that made interested customers call me first, pay over the phone, etc.   That had been my (bad) idea....

Sterling silver and blue bead Mezuzah

Anyway, the photos are better, the descriptions are better, and you can look forward to more frequent updates and ease of use. As usual, clicking on each item brings up more information.

Let me know what you think!  If you are going to be fasting this Yom Kippur, I hope it is an easy one.

Ruth

www.growingupjewish.com

Hammering Away!!!

This weekend will be my first workshop in a long time, learning, not teaching, a new technique from famous jewelry designer and metalsmith Victoria Lansford!! I must admit that I've dabbled in this technique before, but with home-made tools and very old supplies. All I'll say now is that I'll be hammering for two days straight, from the front and the back of the piece of metal, and when I'm finished, I'll magically change a flat piece of copper or silver into a 3-dimensional shape, worthy of a fine piece of jewelry. BTW, if you are in southern California and you're making jewelry or other metalwork, and want to join a community of the nicest people around with similar interests, look into the Metal Art Society of Southern California. The website is massconline.com

Wish me luck this weekend!
Ruth

Another BTW: The silver bracelet pictured here is not done with the method I'll be learning this weekend, duh...It's a combination of fold forming and hydraulic press forming, plus a lot of sawing and filing. It's one of my favs!