"Nothing is black and white. I used birds to illustrate this reality"<br />br&gt;<b>Black Long bezel: Black and White Warbler and Black Collared Starling<br /> Bottom bezel: Snowy Owl and Black Crowned Night Heron <br /><br /> <b>Color Long bezel: Rufous Hummingbird and Silver Eye<br /> Bottom Bezel: Patagonian Conure (Burrowing Parrot)

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"Nothing is black and white. I used birds to illustrate this reality"<br />br&gt;<b>Black Long bezel: Black and White Warbler and Black Collared Starling<br /> Bottom bezel: Snowy Owl and Black Crowned Night Heron <br /><br /> <b>Color Long bezel: Rufous Hummingbird and Silver Eye<br /> Bottom Bezel: Patagonian Conure (Burrowing Parrot)

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"I read The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad, and was inspired to create a piece with four endangered butterflies. I chose the Schaus Swallowtail, Taylor's Checkerspot, Warner Blue and Calliope Silverspot. One side spins, if desired."

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"I read The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad, and was inspired to create a piece with four endangered butterflies. I chose the Schaus Swallowtail, Taylor's Checkerspot, Warner Blue and Calliope Silverspot. One side spins, if desired."

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"Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:<br /> A. What tree did this wood come from?<br /> B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?<br /> C. what products are made from the tree?"

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"Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:<br /> A. What tree did this wood come from?<br /> B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?<br /> C. what products are made from the tree?"

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"Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:<br /> A. What tree did this wood come from?<br /> B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?<br /> C. what products are made from the tree?"

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"Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:<br /> A. What tree did this wood come from?<br /> B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?<br /> C. what products are made from the tree?"

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When I got the bezel from Chuck Domitrovich, I immediately thought of a hero or guardian figure of the woods. The obvious decision was the woodland firefighter. Firefighter stations sport different badges - all Maltese crosses but with different emblems in the center. I chose woodland firefighting tools: spade and axe. <br /> The orange represents fire and the grey is for smoke. We used purple heartwood for the Maltese cross to symbolize heroism.

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"When I received the tree-shaped bezel from Juan Reyes, I was stumped (pun intended). I did not want to ask Dan to make wood for the tree trunk. The solution was using wood for the branches instead."

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"For The Gathering, Dan carved the wood and did the metalwork first and I made the mosaic in response to his "bird". I imagined a gathering of elders from different species, discussing and working together to solve problems in the community."

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"I imagined finding a bunny instead of a squash in the vegetable garden. The rabbit is pretending to be innocent."

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"Dan carved the wood - a partial face and created the silver "

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"Spirit was created to honor our gardening friends. They spend weekends, day in, day out, tending to their plots, watering, weeding, pruning, planting flowers, seeds and (hopefully) picking fruits, vegetables and sharing the harvest."

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This necklace is made up of beads, each representing things that begin with the letter "M", such as: marble, Murano glass, micro mosaic, masks, maize, monkey, magic, millefiori, metal, mermaid, mango wood, monopoly, mahjong, maximal/minimal, monarch, moth, moccasins, mules, maze, mokumegane.

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This necklace is made up of beads, each representing things that begin with the letter "M", such as: marble, Murano glass, micro mosaic, masks, maize, monkey, magic, millefiori, metal, mermaid, mango wood, monopoly, mahjong, maximal/minimal, monarch, moth, moccasins, mules, maze, mokumegane.

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