I just finished reading Crush it, now it’s time to cash it on your passion from Gary Vaynerchuk and it kept me up at night. So many ideas, so many conflicts were going through my head… I just could not sleep.
I am a long time fan of Gary Vee and I enjoy his straightforward way [...]
Monday was a very exciting day for me. I spent most of the day at Shooter’s World where I showed around the prototypes of my new “bulletproof” collection.
The reactions have been overwhelming. Even a customer stopped by to look at what was going on and she wanted to buy something right on the spot.
The [...]
The copper and bronze pieces that I took out of the kiln Sunday morning are clean, polished, patina-ed and put together ready to wear. Here they are:
Copper disk with wavy design. Red patina. Fresh water pearl. Fine silver ear wires.
Copper disk with spirals design. Red patina. Fresh water pearl. Fine silver ear wires.
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I am afraid I watch too much Chef Emeril on TV
But do you think he can do that in his super duper oven? Chef Emeril, I throw my Zetex gauntlet at you!!!
Anyway… here is the result of last night firing of my first copper and bronze clay (which went fine).
The two pairs of earrings [...]
This is already a few months that I was thinking about my future. Maybe the turn of a decade is for me a time of change. Most of us continue doing what we’ve done for years longer than we should… I think it was about time for me to break the pattern.
The truth is that, [...]
After recently deciding it was time for me to give my work a 90 degrees’ turn toward jewelry, I joined the PMC guild ant joined their local chapter in Phoenix: Metal Head Feat of Clay.
I attended my first meeting yesterday and had a great time.
The group is very friendly and well organized. In addition of [...]
Brand new today… a bracelet that is sure to put you in a good mood when you wear it.
It is made of little squares of dichroic glass fused in a kiln.
Each square is 1/2”.
There is 11 squares/links in the bracelet, each in a different color shade.
The total length is 7”. It fits regular size wrists, [...]
Verizon who shipped me a new Blackberry overnight to replace the one that decided to go crazy on me.
my wonderful dentist, Sheila Naik, who saw me in emergency because what I thought was a cold sore was in fact an abscess on a wisdom tooth.
Louis Paster for Penicillin!
again my wonderful dentist who called me at [...]
A lot of people have asked me, who is this frog and why is it everywhere?
So, you must know that I have chosen zis petite frog to illustrate my posts and pages because she is French (like me) and she is pretty darn cute (may I say that too?).
I can assure you that I never, [...]
This is it, today I took ze decision. After going back and forth between oneillglassart.com and patriciaoneill.com…. do I blog here… or there… I have things to say, but where do I post them? Aargh..
I poked around, tried, did and undid. Until today, when stability and serenity have eventually entered my life (at least on [...]