Off Again...

It's that time of year, long hot summer days and nights, all about family and fun and food. Cool blue Mediterranean sea Franco by my side, kids in toe the soft lulling that my voice and those around me make in the familiar Italian. I'll be gone for two months this time. Maybe we'll never come back :). I'll be meeting with antique dealers a bit, perusing markets in Rome and Palermo and hunting for my next muse. It may not be jewelry at all, who knows?
Check back for an occasional recipe from my travels and enjoy your summer!

All in the works

The summer is nearing and so too the culmination of multiple projects soon to be revealed in detail! In the works are a studio sale on Father's day hosted at Sapori, a website launch, a capsule children's jewelry collection, and capsule summer clothing line!!!! Check back, all sale stock is at nearly wholesale prices, making room for a new studio move and fall collections.

Color, hue, saturation

Beginnings, middles and ends.... Summer is upon us and so is the desire for warmth, breezy clothes and  yes color, maybe the only time these collections utilize color is now. Here is what I've been feeling.

Elefante Arancione

Rosa Bella

Millefiore

Whiting and Davis

Apostille

Latch

Farfalla Vera

Dogwood Tre Maglie

Spring at last...maybe

The  buds are beginning their push through the thawing earth reaching for the warmth of the sun,  we shed our winter blues, breathe in deeply the first rush of warm spring air and find ourselves too beginning  to thaw from the inside out...The practice of Santosha or contentment is becoming hard in these last few weeks of winter.
I've just finished another collection of 40 some pieces and it is already gone...flown to Nashville where a new Anthropologie is opening and Chevy Chase Maryland where there is an Anthroplogie accessories only store.  It was all so fast...

The new collections are inspired by a series of handmade very fine retractable pencils in sterling and gold fill from the 1900's and a love for enamel and color in the summer. I have been working on bringing a way for buyers to buy along a genre or motif so each piece is still one of a kind but once one has been sold another in a similar vein is available, we'll see how it goes.

Here are a few images pulled for a taste of the new collections to come for summer...ahhh Santosha

Now, maybe some grilled octopus, preserved lemons, sauteed sunchokes with capers, white wine and lemon rind...mmmm

Spring Things

As spring approaches so too does the collection of beautiful treasures that I have found and altered for each new piece and new wearer to covet and hold, to breathe new life into.

Rosa Ivorio D'Argento

Profumata

Profumata (Detail)

Hello Bill

Hello Bill (Detail)

Flowering Spring

Farfalla Verde

Equestrian Armour Dear

Caspian

Apostille

Vagabond Craft Show Date and Time

Come one come all!

February sees Artemisia at Vagabond in Old City Happy Spring!!

Spring and summer beyond all this glorious snow is just around the corner believe it or not.  This spring Artemisia has begun to work with Megan and Mary at Vagabond in Old City on February 12th I'll be there for a trunk show along with other talented designers, stay tuned for more specifics, will post when available. In the meantime they are the first to have the beginning of the Spring/ Summer collection.

geode collection 18k gold and semi precious stones

geode collection sterling with 24k vermeil semi precious stones

geode collection 18k gold, 10k gold child's ring, semi precious stones

A new capsule collection born of necessity, the tangled necklace...

 Impicci-14k gold butterfly closure extremely fine chain, tangled  and always changing

As for the Accessories collection here's a small taste, inspired by poppy fields and a thirst for color, rich and saturated color. Made of silk charmeuse, linen and rayon ribbon hair clips, shrugs, scarves and more to come...

Hair clips

the Poppy Shrug Burberry cotton remnant, alizarin colored linen, cadmium yellow silk charmeuse, charcoal silk stem