monday giveaway -

mary jane dodd

'i shut my eyes in order to see.'
~ paul gauguin


i find that when i work in metal, my desire is to enhance its innate ability to be soft, to provide contrast to what one often associates with this medium... 

using color palettes that are often much more subtle than this, i found myself inspired by the monthly challenge at art bead scene - 'nave nave moe' by paul gauguin... his rich colors and luscious forms... 

these earrings are offered up as the giveaway, they are copper but have sterling silver ear wires... the drawing will take place on april 11th... 

please leave a comment to be entered and perhaps share your thoughts on this::

if you had to share 2 of your favorite books - technique, project oriented, or even just eye candy, what would they be? do you have a technique that you have learned that is indispensable to you? do you have one that you desire to learn? i am hoping that by sharing your tried and trues here, it may help someone else in their process...