News From the Studio

    I know it's pretty much mid-February now, but I finally feel more "new" for this New Year. I rearranged some major spaces in my studio last weekend and it feels soooo good. As happens often in my world...

Well, Hello!  I posted a long overdue introduction on the HartVariations Instagram account this week, and I thought I'd share it here for the rest of the world to see. :)  Haaay! Well, I don't think I've ever done one...

Who Doesn't Love Rings?  I haven't been wearings as many rings, or as often, during the pandemic because of all of the hand washing. Which - I think is a great place to start. I want to share some ring...

As I write this our AQI (air quality index) is 153. The air smells smoky, and has a slight fogginess to it. But it's not nearly as golden or as thick as it was last week or the week before...

Who doesn't love bees? (Well, maybe those that are allergic... I feel for y'all and I'm so glad that's not something I have to look out for). With their cute little striped fuzzy abdomens, their buzz buzz buzzing, the honey...

  As I'm figuring out a new set up for photography in my new place, I picked some beauties to test out with the camera. I don't have all of my materials with me at the moment, but was able...

Well, maybe not every single creature. ;) I have been thinking about the many different creatures I have memorialized over the ten years I have been creating jewelry through HartVariations; butterflies, beetles, snake shed, feathers, lizard shed, turtle scutes, bees,...