by Dona Miller | Dec 27, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
This stone was given to me by a good friend. It sat on my bench for over a year. From the first time I saw the stone it reminded me of the goddess carvings. So I knew that needed to be the basis for the design. The texture on the back plate was to give the feeling of...
by Dona Miller | Dec 8, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
Inspiration comes in so many forms. For me water has always been a place of meditation and renewal. Growing up I loved going to the ocean, just sitting there on the rocks or walking along the shoreline listening to the surf and watching the waves. Rivers, lakes,...
by Dona Miller | Nov 3, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
I get a lot of questions on how I create my pieces. Do you draw them out? Do you have a plan? Where do your ideas come from? First I get my inspiration from a lot of different places. Much of it comes from nature and the cultures I have visited. I also had a great...
by Dona Miller | Oct 15, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
As many of you know, at the top of my list of favorite tools are my hammers. I love to use texture in my work and now I have two new hammers to play with. I located two of my Dad’s old hammers. They are old and have lots of cool dents on the face from all of...
by Dona Miller | Jun 2, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
The name of this piece really should be frustrated. The first time I made a piece like this it was out of frustration. I was trying to make something else and it wasn’t happening. Out of frustration I twisted the piece all up and found a new design –...
by Dona Miller | Jun 2, 2014 | Jewelry Blog
Seriously, the dog chewed this ring up. Not sure why, he has never touched a piece of jewelry before, but this ring was sitting on my night stand and he chewed it up to the point where I could not recover it. Malachite is a soft stone and it was in pieces. And I...
