2019 Hidden In The Hills Studio Tour will start this Friday Nov. 22, 23 & 24 and the following Friday 29, 30 & Dec. 1st. I will be the guest of Carole Perry at her studio, Laughing Glass. That is studio #31. Hope to see you if you’re in the Arizona area of Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale. This year we have 199 artists at 47 studios.
Red Coral Necklace
Some of the work I’ll be showing.
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See you soon!!
To reach me you can email me @ manon@sistersofthesun.com
You can follow my on Instagram ———-> HERE
Fill your heart with art.
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Arizona Kingman Turquoise Pendants
Been so busy that I’ve neglected my blog for a bit. I’m even contemplating opening my own e-commerce site along with my Etsy. It’s trying to find the time to fit it all in. Anyway….here’s some new work. I’ve actually had many months of new work..lol…..but I’ll show this.
Arizona Kingman Turquoise pendant
Arizona Kingman Turquoise Necklace
Labradorite Gemstone Rings
To reach me you can email me @ manon@sistersofthesun.com
You can follow my on Instagram ———-> HERE
Fill your heart with art.
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
working on new pieces
This past week I was featured in Voyage Phoenix Magazine!! I was thrilled to see it!! You can follow the link article to read it. (Hit the word article 🙂
I’ve recently moved and have been renovating a new home so I was out of commission for over a month. I will post new studio pics soon. This past month I started working again and here is a pic of a few sterling and fine silver earrings I made. These were nature inspired.
sterling and fine silver earrings
Hope to see you soon!!
You can follow my on Instagram ———-> HERE
Fill your heart with art.
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Sterling Hoop Earrings
It’s been a crazy last few months. I’m happy to be newly represented by the Caravana Jewelry Gallery in the Tlaquepaque area of Sedona, Arizona. I recently dropped off over 25 pieces to them. It’s a beautiful gallery that I’m thrilled to be a part of.
Sterling silver hoops with crosses
I made many turquoise pieces for the gallery in Sedona but I also sent some cool sterling earrings that I’ve had a lot of fun making. My Etsy shop has many other hoop earring versions also.
Nevada Royston Ribbon turquoise rings
Turquoise rings are also popular here in Arizona so I have sent quite a few to Caravana.
sterling flower hair pins
In other jewerly making news….Since I’ve been growing my hair I’ve found a lack of hair accessories for women that I like so I’ve been making some myself. These hair pins are so cute and look great in a bun or ponytail.
Sterling hair pins
I make everything one at a time so each stem and flower are unique.
Labradorite Necklace
Last week I finished this beautiful Labradorite pendant with flowers. It’s quite a pretty stone that has an amazing blue flash.
Btw….I have a show coming up in Cave Creek, AZ. April 7th and 8th. Email me for all inquires.
You can follow my on Instagram ———-> HERE
Fill your heart with art.
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Keum-boo on fine silver
The last few months I’ve been using a technique call Keum-boo on many of my pieces. *Keum-boo (also Kum-Boo or Kum-bu—Korean “attached gold”) is an ancient Korean gilding technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to silver, to make silver-gilt. Traditionally, this technique is accomplished by first depleting a surface of sterling silver to bring up a thin layer of fine silver. Then 24 carat gold foil is applied with heat and pressure—mechanical gilding—to produce a permanent diffusion bond.* Basically I’m using fine silver and heating it up on my small kiln and then gilding 24 carat gold to the places I’d like it. (this isn’t the kind of gold you buy at a craft store…btw..lol)
Keum-boo feather with Mexican White Water turquoise
It’s nice to add a pop of gold to some of my work. I’ve quite enjoy the process of making Keum-boo jewelry.
Silver and gold flower earrings
On another note ..I will be doing Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour and Sale again this year. It’s a studio tour in the Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale, Arizona area. The dates are Nove. 17-19 and Nov 24-26. I will be guest artist of Carole Perry at Laughing Glass Studio. If you’re on the area and need more info you can contact me at manon@sistersofthesun.com
You can follow my on Instagram ———-> HERE
Fill your heart with art and Keum-boo jewelry.
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Sacred White Buffalo Necklace
I’ve been working with deerskin leather cord in quite a few of my recent pieces. I make sterling beads for them. Two attach to the ends and one in the middle that allows you to adjust the cord to go up and down therefore the owner can wear the necklace long or short.
Nevada #8 turquoise talisman with deerskin leather cord
I love the way these look. They’re also a breeze to put on and take off.
Genuine New Lander turquoise talisman
Arizona Kingman turquoise with deerskin leather cord
This one features two Arizona Kingman turquoise gemstones. The saddle colored deerskin leather cord lends itself well to this turquoise.
Utah Variscite Necklace in sterling
The arrowheads are pretty cool. This is a great necklace that you can wear long or almost to the neck like a choker.
Sterling Necklace with Sacred White Buffalo and Naturally shed antler
Of course this necklace which features a naturally shed deer antler is perfect with the deerskin leather cord. This one is very striking on.
I will have more of these pendants with the deerskin leather in upcoming weeks. They’ve been very popular for me and I love making them.
Fill your heart with art
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Seven Dwarfs Mine cuff bracelet.
I am a maker of handmade jewelry. All of my pieces are 100% made by me. I run my business by myself as many of my jewelry friends and small business owners do. That means I am my own social media, artist, inventory specialist, shipper, fabricator and so on. There are some days that are definitely overwhelming so I’ll take a step back occasionally….lol…..but I love it.
The piece above features a Nevada Seven Dwarfs Mine gemstone. It is a small mine that yields small amounts at the moment. Very pretty stones are coming out of there and they’re quite pricey.
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This cuff has a beautiful Arizona Kingman turquoise. Because it’s cut in a heart shape the turquoise is more expensive due to the fact that the lapidary artist has to waste more turquoise to get this shape.
Sterling cross with Nevada Royston turquoise.
I’ve always had an affinity for crosses. I’m interested in making more types of these. This one features a Nevada Royston turquoise.
Sterling Moons and Buddhas
I’ve recently made some solid sterling silver moons and Buddhas with an inspirational message on the back. The moons are in the Balinese carver tradition. The Balinese are terrific carvers of bone pieces so I’m thrilled that I can honor them in sterling silver.
Handmade jewelry is my passion. Every morning I’m excited to get up and see what the new day will bring.
You can find some of my pieces online at my shop
fill your heart with art
~manon
My work can be found here at Echo of the Dreamer gallery and at Enter the Earth gallery.
Fill your heart with art
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
pitch for chasing and repousse
Excited for this new year and new techniques. I bought the necessary tools to start chasing and repousse. It’s an ancient technique of metalworking where chasing is essentially embossing and repousse is hammering the reverse side to create a low relief. (Read more here about this technique.) There’s definitely a learning curve but I love a challenge. Above is a pic of the copper in pitch. Pitch holds the piece so you can work on it.
Back of copper leaf
This is the back side of the leaf shape I made. As you can see the form is pushed out.
Copper leaf ornament
This is the front side of my first piece. Definitely not so perfect but it was fun to work on. I didn’t think about the gauge of the copper and I jumped right into 18 gauge which was definitely a workout the first time round. It looks like a leaf on steroids…lol!!!!
Sterling silver necklace with Mexican Campitos Turquoise
I’ve made a few pieces now. This sterling piece was made using chasing and repousse techniques with sterling silver. I also added a Mexican Campitos turquoise.
Back view of necklace
I chose not to cover up the back with another piece of sterling. I love the raw, organic feel it has this way.
Sterling necklace with Mexican Campitos Turquoise.
It looks amazing on!!
Chasing and repousse will open up a range of new ideas for me this year. Yes….. it’s time consuming but the payoff is awesome. Stay tuned for new work!!
Happy New Year!!!
fill your heart with art
~manon
My work can be found here at Echo of the Dreamer gallery and at Enter the Earth gallery.
Fill your heart with art
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
A few pieces for Hidden in the Hills
This year I will be participating in Hidden in the Hills 20th annual studio tour and sale in the Cave Creek, Carefree and Scottsdale area. My own studio is not involved due to HOA restrictions but I’m so grateful to be a guest of the amazing glass artist, Carole Perry.
I’ve been busy making pieces for the tour. My fingers are raw…lol.
Sterling silver eagles with turquoise
These two sterling eagles with turquoise will be displayed at Hidden in the Hills. They both have a special quote on the back.
Turquoise necklaces
I’ve made a lot of different pieces for the show. I have lots of beautiful turquoise to work with so it was hard picking which ones to use.
Amazonite necklace
This Amazonite gemstone was in my gemstone drawer for a long time. I found inspiration for it this past week. The flower also has a small Amazonite in it.
Just hanging
The larger eagle necklace is pictured on me. A clear picture of the stone is above.
Hidden in the Hills takes place Nov. 18th – 20th and Nov. 25th – 27th. If you can’t make it the first weekend try and come the second.
fill your heart with art
~manon
My work can be found here at Echo of the Dreamer gallery and at Enter the Earth gallery.
Fill your heart with art
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
Arizona Sunset Sky
It’s been a long hot summer. It’s just flat out sizzling around here. We’ve had a bit of monsoon but some of it has missed us. Regardless of this heat I’ve been starting to get pieces for the studio tour Hidden in the Hills in late November early December. I’ll post more about it the closer it comes.
Sterling Silver earrings
While dealing with this hot summer I’ve also been making all sorts of new pieces. These are a few of the earrings that I’ve worked on for Hidden in the Hills.
Morenci and Arizona Blue turquoise necklaces
While I love working on larger necklaces I often throw some smaller pieces in.
Bisbee Turquoise jewelry
Bisbee bracelet and ring. Oooh la la on Bisbee turquoise. I have that some of that turquoise tucked away in a safe place….lol.
Seven Dwarfs Mine gemstone
Just acquired Nevada Seven Dwarfs mine gemstones. Hard to find, pricey to buy but oh so worth it!!!!! You can read about it HERE.
Hopefully this hot summer will morph into beautiful weather in the next few weeks!!! See you soon!!!
fill your heart with art
~manon
My work can be found here at Echo of the Dreamer gallery and at Enter the Earth gallery.
Fill your heart with art
~manon
My name is Manon. (pronounced Man + O) Yes….my mom cursed me with my name. In her defense I guess she never though I’d leave Quebec. I’m a jewelry artist and painter. I’ve been creative as long as I can remember and things haven’t changed. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ. I spend most days in my studio making pieces that speak to my heart. Thanks for stopping by!!
