I will be working with high school students, making jewelry for a service project, and I'm so excited! These students have worked with me before, making earrings and bracelets and learning specific techniques for wire wrapping and making links for chains and earrings.  I brought my gemstone and component collections in, beads I've collected for 25+ years, and the students loved it! I was so genuinely happy to see them enjoying these treasures and making beautiful art out of them. So back we go into the jewelry making lab!! What a blessing to get to pass along skills to sharper, keener, more artistic minds and see first hand how they expand on those skills, bringing more creative spirit and clever ideas than I could ever imagine.

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