Every piece of gold jewelry and sterling silver jewelry at METAL URGES is handmade (except accessories like chain and earwire) and most jewelry pieces can be adjusted to your liking with just a phone call or an e-mail message. In other words, every piece of gold jewelry is available in silver and vice versa, all pendants can be put on different chains than shown in the pictures, and pretty much any special request you make can be honored! For special orders, contact me for price differences and to place your order.

One of a kind gold and silver jewelry pieces will also be offered here, as I make them. These are pieces I cannot recreate exactly, due mostly to the variety, color, and shape of the stones they are built around. Contact me for information about ordering those pieces.

HISTORY
Awed by the way that metal moved in my hands, how I could manipulate it with my tools, I had to know MORE. I found my first teacher through sheer fate, (Barbara Jeanne, you'll always be my first!) and she inspired my passion, taught me how to use FIRE and create with my soul.

Then the heavens gave me Bill Howard and The Howard Academy. Bill's an Old-School Master Goldsmith of 30+years, with a huge heart and a gift for teaching. He taught me the value of crafts(wo)manship and the secrets of working with precious metals. He trained my hands and my eyes in perfection and expected nothing less. I'm proud to have been trained by such a Master of the Art and proud of the work I can do now, because of these two wonderful people! Another good friend of mine doing metal art work can be found at Prairie Art Metal

WHAT'S NEW
Another one on the way...OPPS! This one is due to be OUT in early July. We're looking forward to meeting the newest addition to our family, however Lily will now have to face the daunting idea that she is NOT the center of the universe! Wish her luck with that! I will continue to take orders up until the 1st of June, then will be back at work again in the beginning of September. Thanks for your patience!

Summer is coming! It's been a long, cold and SNOWY winter up here in the Northwoods. The biggest change that has taken place this winter is that I am no longer doing any outside repair work, allowing me to devote all of my shop time to my own jobs. Yeah!! This has been a goal of mine for a long time, and I must say it feels damn good! Thank you all for your business - without you this big step could never have been taken!!

As for upcoming events...asside from birthing a baby, I will also be participating in the annual Art Impressions art show in Land O' Lakes, WI on Saturday, July 24, 2004 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. This time instead of hauling around a huge belly, I expect to have a newborn attached to my chest. And now that I am no longer beholden to "the man", doing "his" repair work, I expect to have a lot of new, exciting stock to show off! This is a great little art show with a lot to offer in the way of talented artists. Check it out! I'll look forward to seeing any of you that can make it!