WELCOME BACK

My last blog post is from 2015. What happened? A lot, I think! Since then, I’ve moved apartments and art studios twice, I’ve fallen in love, I’ve made literally thousands of pieces of jewelry, sewn many of my own clothes, I’ve filled a juicy stack of sketchbooks, and I’ve visited the UK, France, Mexico, Japan, Spain, and Turkey. I’m probably forgetting something important, but here are a few little snapshots.

A sequinned take on my classic #DipDyedHighFive

I loved these balloons! This hand painted temporary mural was covering sidewalk construction in Tokyo, Japan. Spring 2018.

Hands. Gouache on paper. January 2018.

My neighborhood 99¢ store always has the best fake flowers out front. Wearing a dress I made, McCall’s 7774.

Somewhere in West Hollywood, Spring 2017.

My handmade charms & Japanese treats! Many small lucky charms and wishes can be purchased outside of temples throughout Japan. The bue elephant is a tape despenser I bought so I could keep up my sketchbook.

These velvet pillows were inspired by a small stuffed velvet cat I made as a child.

Outside Pygmy Hippo Shoppe in Los Angeles, witht the owner, Emi. We had just opened the doors to Buried Diamond Charm School - an event where I taught people how to make charm bracelets. Spring 2017.

Little illustration from my sketchbook. 2016 maybe?

At some point, having an online audience started making me anxious, so I started limiting what I posted. I still am not sure if it’s ok to share things on the @BuriedDiamond instagram that aren’t for sale - Buried Diamond is a brand, after all. But I want to share more than photos of hand made charms and colorful candies. I’d like my online presence to have more dimension, and to more accurately reflect who I am in real life. I created a personal instagram account, and it feels more intimate and comfortable to me to share sewing, travel, and bits of life there.

My old studio, photographed for Domino Magazine in 2018.

Wearing a dress I made from estate sale fabric in our new apartment! Summer 2018.

An evil eye filled wishing tree we discovered on a hike through rural Kapadkya, Turkey. Spring 2017.

Some of my handmade paperweights! These are resin and many goodies poured into a mold. I got those little lambs in the markets in Mexico City. I use these as pattern weights when I’m cutting fabric to make clothes.

Taking the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. Must have been summer 2017.

One of the Rick Rack boys at Daytona Trimming in Manhattan, helping me select some trims.

Little doodles we made for fun. Winter 2016.

A giant scarf I designed for one of my freelance clients, Echo New York. In our old apartment. Early 2017.

A beautiful little side street in Japan. I think this was in a small neighborhood of Tokyo. Spring 2018.

So now I am circling back to this blog. In 2018 I started writing as a way of documenting my creative process beyond just in photographs. In our image-focused world, it feels good to slow down and explain what I am doing, and why - often just for myself. It’s a new year, and I’d like to stick to it. I’m ready to design new jewelry and textiles, to sew more clothes, and to travel the world. I’ll do my best to share what I get up to with you here. XO