It's coming along.

I joined an artist collaboration called Penny Experiment .  It is an "experiment" where one penny will be turned into $1million in food donated to food banks.   More information can be found here, where the original Penny was sold for $10, then changed to 100 pennies.  The first 100 of the pennies are set aside to be placed in the Post card art which will then later be auctioned off for money to be donated to food banks.

There were no restrictions to the collaboration, so the artist were free to do what they wanted.  As long as there was a place where one of the 100 pennies can be attached and that the piece not be larger than an average post card (about 5x7).

Truthfully I was uninspired to design for about month, even having a few failed attempts of ideas.  Then like most artists that I know, I was hit with inspiration late one night.

One of the things that I am good at is hand illustration for Jewelry Design.  I have always love traditional illustration as a media to work with, and sometimes I feel it is a lost art in today's jewelry industry.

I am a huge fan of the art nouveau, whether it is Alphonse Mucha's prints, or René Lalique jewelry and glassware designs, even the architecture of Victor Horta.  So designing a piece that is influenced by the art nouveau style was a given.  As as a jeweler, I also wanted to incorporate a way that the purchaser of the piece can also wear it.  I am happy with how it turned out, and now, I am creating a wall base where the piece can be displayed.