Great article in Plank Road Magazine this issue about East Street Tins by the talented Lori Ruhlman and photos by the equally talented Sarah Jean Condon.

I have been working with these tin candle reflectors all week in spare time.  They are fascinating and present such wonderful design possibilities.

New materials are always exciting.  I put them out on a table and look at them as I walk by so that ideas start percolating in my brain.  Now I have to find the time to work on them!

A dear friend cleaned out her out buildings and gave me a set of tin shapes which started out as Christmas tree candle reflectors.  They have been call ing my name ever since I got them and today because of rain I was inside and worked on one which became a brooch.

Busy time of the year, what with school winding down and gardens calling my name.  I made these earrings last week and am just getting ready to post them now.

Plank Road Magazine is going to publish an article about my East Street Tins business this summer. Lori Ruhlman came and interviewed me and Sarah Condon came this week to take pictures to accompany the article.  All of this because I met a grad student at a crafts fair last October.  She did a short video and posted it on Vimeo which Lori saw and hence the article.  I'm very excited.

I saw some earrings on a woman in an airport this week and loved the shape and the way they moved. I took the idea and created some from tin when I got home. Not the same, but my spin on it. The tin came from an tea tin which I think was British although each side had a different image from various tea growing areas in the world.