Welcome to my newsletter! Thank you for opening and reading! I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter. Barbara Kay Jewelry News A recent show My August shows are coming up quickly! I hope I'll see some of you at one of them. Here are the dates and links to the events: August 3, 4 and 5: Vancouver Arts and Music Festival This should be a really fun event for the whole family. Check out the website to see schedules of the music and other fun things that will be happening during these three...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome to my newsletter! To all new subscribers: Welcome! I hope you enjoy this newsletter. If you’d like to read past issues, you can find them here: Barbara Kay Jewelry Newsletter Archive. To all subscribers: I am sorry I have been so behind with getting this newsletter out. A combination of family issues and a dead computer has put me behind with a lot of things, including the newsletter. Finally, to those who have been following this newsletter: I have made some decisions about how I...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome to my newsletter! And Welcome Spring! I love spring; it is my favorite season, filled with promise, colors and expanding times of blue sky and sunshine. My mood improves, and my creativity grows along with it. I hope you too are feeling energized with the changing season. In this issue, we will begin to explore the wonderful world of agates. I will also talk about my love of piercing, in particular behind stones. What is piercing, you ask? Read on and find out! Barbara Kay Jewelry...
5 months ago • 11 min read
Welcome and Happy March! I hope you enjoy today's newsletter. Before we get started, I would like to ask for your input. What would you like to see in these newsletters? What behind-the-scenes view or process do you have questions about, or would you like to learn more about? I plan to feature a new stone every other issue - are there specific types of stones you'd like to know about? If you are a "hope-to-be" or beginning metalsmith - or even a more advanced metalsmith - are there things...
6 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome! If you are a new subscriber, welcome to my newsletter and thank you for subscribing! I hope you enjoy this issue. This issue gives some information about a little known stone, pietersite, and for those readers interested in metalsmithing - I have some tips on how to choose the right blade for the right sawing job. Barbara Kay Jewelry News I had hoped to share pictures of some new additions to my shop, but I have had a bit of a creative slump since my last newsletter. This does happen...
7 months ago • 5 min read
Designing with Stones and Morewith Barbara Kay Jewelry Welcome to my newsletter! This issue includes a discussion on designing with stones, and a bit on safety in the studio. I will return to a Featured Stone in the next newsletter as well as some tips for using the jeweler's saw. Barbara Kay Jewelry News I hope you are all surviving the cold of winter. I've had a hard time getting my basement studio warm enough for my fingers to work properly, and haven't created a lot. Now that things are...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Happy New Year!! And welcome to my first newsletter! I hope to send one out every month – possibly a bit more often than that, but I promise not to inundate your inbox with emails! I know that some of you are most interested in reading about jewelry. Others of you are most interested in metalsmithing. For a while at least, I will include a bit of both in these newsletters. If you are most interested in metalsmithing, and not so much my jewelry - you can skip the first part and scroll down. I...
8 months ago • 5 min read