Updates from Mirinda’s photography and jewelry
July 3, 2025
This is a new photomontage with many layers. I find beauty in old dead trees stripped of their leaves and branches, standing like sentinels against the sky. My work will be part of a new exhibition at Show of Hands gallery in Pittsboro, NC, with the opening reception from 1-3 pm.
June 12, 2025
This past week brought jewelry inspiration and making new from the old. The piece pictured here was made from a turquoise stone I had set back when I was metal smithing. I turned it from horizontal to vertical and added heavy sterling chain and some vintage sterling barrel links. I think it now looks modern and sleek.
May 29, 2025
This leaf fell off my croton and I was struck by the beauty of its curves and the contrast between the healthy part of the leaf and the part that had started to shrivel, which reminded me about the passage from youth to age, all within one leaf.
May 15, 2025
Recently, I made a wild necklace by using a length of handmade bronze chain I found about 8 years ago at a cave antique store in Cappadocia, Turkey. With it, I put two different lengths of vintage sterling Italian chain and a pendant I created from muscling out the alphabet dial from an old post office box. These elements have been lying around in my studio for several years and finally told me they wanted to be together.
May 1, 2025
This is a new photo montage inspired by a walk in the neighborhood when I spotted the most vibrantly colored flowers I’ve ever seen. They looked as though they were lit from within.
February 20, 2025
I discovered some 22K gold wire among my supplies and used it to connect a necklace with a large faceted prasiolite stone and freshwater pearls on a sterling chain. Look for more photomontage to come.