Our family cottage was also enjoyed by many other families in the 1970's and some of those people started to crowd the mantlepiece with empty Chianti bottles. Some sported candles in the neck and were dribbled with wax. One year, my Mom thought enough was enough and they all went. Eighteen of them. My Dad saved one, the biggest chianti bottle he had ever seen on this side of the Atlantic. It is a gallon size, covered in straw wrap and dribbled with three colors of candle wax. It still lives in the attic, a relic of good times had by dozens of people vacationing in Chatham. This is my Chianti bottle charm.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Chianti
Lucky Stones
These are my lucky stones, deeply etched with the outline of the Cape. I think they look nice in a pile, but they are meant to be worn one at a time, of course.
Thanks
I'd just like to say thank you to our clients, from all over the world, who have chosen us to be their "home town" jeweler. Chatham is a special place and we try to live up to that specialness by working a little harder, giving a little more and doing a finer job than your average jewelry studio. We are busy cooking up a few surprises for this coming Summer that we hope will make you happy. I'm going to keep adding photos of work in progress for you, but I look forward to seeing you all in person this Summer. Thanks again, Steve.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Just For Fun, The Chameleon
This is a neck slide that I carved showing a proper Chameleon gripping a small branch. The fun is seeing the small bug hiding under the leaf in the lower right of the photo. Sometimes I feel like the bug.
The Traditional
The Trad lives!.... traditional boating shoes, made in yellow gold with White gold (of course) soles. Celebrate your New England roots with our new deck shoes charms. I had fun engineering these. All of the details are packed into this small package. We've got 'em in your size!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Striper jewelry
Who says we never make jewelry for men? Here is a little striper I engraved and made as a tie bar in sterling silver.





