by Emily Bhargava | Jun 2, 2022 | health pendants
1” x 2.5”, found objects The kids spent an hour last night cleaning off old rock samples used for a geology class. Each one is labeled, and I recognized a lot of the names. Pyrite, mica, garnet, and many more. It started me thinking about what gives our stones value,...
by Emily Bhargava | May 26, 2022 | health pendants
1″ diameter, found objects A generous friend who knows I like little things stopped by this week with two boxes of black gears. Beautifully milled and with good weight they look nice, but apparently their tolerances were a bit off and they failed some QA tests....
by Emily Bhargava | May 19, 2022 | health pendants
1″x1.5″, glass I’ve been doing some glass fusing with two classes at the High School. One of the key concepts in fusing is compatibility. All of the glass that’s fused into one piece has to have the same coefficient of expansion (COE) so that...
by Emily Bhargava | May 12, 2022 | health pendants
1″ x 2″, glass and found objects I spent hours as child looking at the oil slicks floating on top of puddles by the side of the road. I loved the swirls and rainbows of colors, and the way they changed as I moved my head. Some things that I’ve...
by Emily Bhargava | May 5, 2022 | health pendants
1″ x 2.25″, gifted objects This weekend at Open Studios I put my jewelry on display at the Armory building. Selling handmade work is strangely vulnerable, waiting for strangers to decide whether they like your style and your technique enough to own your...
