End of 2021

 I want to Thank all the beautiful people who ordered from us this year... all the people who looked/viewed and everyone else trying to make the best of a stressful time on earth.... It has been a tough year for everyone.. so I wish you all the Joy and Happiness you can handle...You all deserve it.

Much Love to you and your family whatever size and shape it is..

MERRY CHRISTMAS and Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

Gwen Buchanan at Desideratum Art Jewelry and Visual Arts

Such a Busy Year... Almost Time For Dancing

Dancing Men... $25.

Cranberries and Icicles... $30.

African Copper... $25.

Funky Fold Forming... $25.

Crystal Spirit... $35.

Jasper Spiral... $30.

Little Cats... $25.

Leaves... $18.

Music Crystals... $30.

3 sizes Copper Hoops... $18. , $25., $30.

Muses 2... $25.

Sterling and Peridot... $30.

Inspired by Cave drawings... $35. 

Scarlet Cheer... $30.

Just a tiny sampling created in our Desideratum studio this year...

Love one another and Keep smiling, 

Gwen and John

The Girl From The Fog

completed about a month ago... lots of planning before that though... 

preparing the structure for the painting

Measures 8' x 10 '...  

Yes she's a big girl... 

 

John on his mission

 

 ...another little, side-line paint job.. 

These are the little wooden curves we built to go over the top of each window in the front doors...

...to give a lovely arched window effect...
...we used a few pieces of beautiful reclaimed 1/2 round moldings....

Do What You Love

Copper Fiddlehead Earrings

"Do what you love. 

 Know your own bone.

Gnaw at it.

Bury it.

Unearth it.

 And gnaw it still." 

Henry David Thoreau  ...1817 - 1862....  American Libertarian Writer

I like that... it has a digging deeper feel to it...  taking your ideas as far as they will go.... explore...

At the workbench... measuring...  snipping silver wire ... cutting copper sheet... eyeballing the twist... heating up the torch... fusing...  filing... antiquing... polishing... finishing...

...then...  ta-da...... the  FIDDLEHEAD earrings...

...inspired by the Fiddlehead Fern  also known as the Ostrich Fern ...  a local delicacy (that tastes delicious adorned with butter and a squeeze of lemon) found by the edges of brooks,  where the water overflows each year....  people who know where they grow usually keep it a secret as they only appear in particular spots, for a very limited time, before they unfurl into beautiful fronds............ Fiddleheads only grow in the spring...

...But they grow in our studio all year long...

....approximately 1" x  3/8"  plus  earwire ... silver and copper.. $18.00 pr.

...if interested in ordering the "Fiddleheads", please Contact Me here

They are also on my Picasa Web Album in the Whimsical Collection

DESIDERATUM Art Jewelry, St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada

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Hey...... Why Don't Ya Hug Somebody

It's Valentines Day!!!

A little pile of Copper Hearts we have been twisting and hammering the last few days.. they are one of our new Desideratum Art Jewelry earring designs... called the "Twisted Hearts" of course... couldn't resist making a big fat shiny heart out of them just for you... click it and your heart will grow a hundred times...



All you need is Love.... La, la...La,la,la... All you need is Love.... La, la.. La, la, la... All you need is Love... Love....... Love is all you need... Love is all you need... Love is all you need... Love is all you need ..........................
...a little Beatles tune




DESIDERATUM Copper Twisted Heart Earrings... $18.00 pr

To Adorn a Girl

Blue and White... Silver and Bright...
Fresh Water Pearl... To Adorn a Girl.

Been busy the last while creating new work for the Christmas shows...



Approx. 2" long including Sterling earwire, Large Fresh Water Pearl, Porcelain, Sterling and Copper ..................... see my web album for details of Desideratum Art Jewelry...