Mags Featuring My Work
Category Archives: Creative Profiles and Interviews
Kelley Pounds Featured on the WireWorker’s Guild Blog
Three weeks ago I was contacted by UK wire jewelry artist Linda Jones to be a featured artist on the WireWorker’s Guild blog. I was both flattered and honored, because Linda is a respected teacher and published author of several books on wire jewelry, including Making Beautiful Bead & Wire Jewelry: 30 Step-by-step Projects from Materials Old and New, which was just published in September 2010. I finally finished answering the questions, and today my … Read more
Le Jongleur/The Juggler by Marc Chagall: Inspiration for the Art Bead Scene Contest
I feel like a juggler lately! So many things to keep up in the air at the same time. And now this contest that I really want to enter. Art Bead Scene is a blog that sponsors a monthly contest in which entrants are supposed to “create something using an art bead that fits within [their] monthly theme. This challenge is open to jewelry-makers, fiber artists, collage artist, etc. The art bead can be created … Read more
A Gift of Grace, Amy Clipston
If you like Christian fiction featuring Amish characters, you just might want to look for first-time author Amy Clipston’s book, A Gift of Grace. I’ve read a few stories featuring Amish characters, which I’ve enjoyed, but what intrigued me about the premise of this book was the idea of two teenage girls from the “English” world who, after the death of their parents, come to live with their aunt and uncle in the Amish community. Instead of a budding … Read more
Parting the Waters: Finding Beauty in Brokenness
When a tragic drowning accident leaves fifteen-year-old Jacob in a coma, the faith of his family and community is shaken to its foundation. Told from a mother’s perspective, Parting the Waters, by Jeanne Damoff, is a poignant tale of unexpected beauty found in brokenness. Without sugar-coating the realities of pain and suffering, Parting the Waters presents the heart-warming, true story of what can happen when a community rallies around one wounded family. While Jacob’s parents … Read more
