Mango Tango Designs

Here's my (hopefully) final 2012 Summer show schedule: July 5/6 Artisans' Guild of Cape Cod Eastham Windmill Green, Route 6 and Samoset Road Eastham, MA August 14/15/16 Society of Cape Cod...

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Every so often the lure of the small beckons me back to my fascination with miniatures.  When I saw that the toy company Brinca Dada was introducing a new contemporary beach house with an inge...

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With the 2011 summer show schedule in full swing, I finally mustered the courage to open a new package of silver and take the plunge.  With silver prices again going through the roof, I've becom...

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Here's our confirmed show schedule for the Summer/Fall season! July 16/17:          Cape Cod Fine Arts Festival, Village Green, Main                           St...

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I've no lack of excuses for my long absence!  There are so many of them:  We just returned to Cape Cod from wintering in Florida, where I spent a nice chunk of time volunteering at the Humane...

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I sometimes wonder how other jewelry designers work.  Do they have a firm plan in mind?  Do they sketch out their ideas in pencil with an eraser at the ready?  Do they visualize the finished p...

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I guess eventual crossover from my years as a botanical miniaturist was inevitable.  My latest piece in progress is a fine silver pendant with a bezel-set Willow Creek jasper cabochon in shade...

http://mangotangodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-on-my-workbench-more-art-nouveau.html

On my first firing of FastFire BronzClay, I used Magic Carbon as my firing medium inside Cool Tools' wonderful new firing foil, which was designed to be folded origami-style into a box and lid...

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First things first:  Happy New Year, all!  Wishing you a healthy, joyous and peaceful 2011! Recently I've gone back to re-visit bronze and to change things up, I've done a small series of piec...

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We've had several consecutive days of extremely cold weather and a day of amazingly high winds that churned up the Gulf to the point that this is what I found along the beach this morning, on the...

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It's taken me nearly a year to compose myself sufficiently to tell my brief tale, but it's one that begs to be told if you have ever loved and lost a pet. The beach is a place I go to walk a...

http://mangotangodesigns.blogspot.com/2010/11/tale-of-cats-paw-shell.html

As promised, here's a link to the 2010 Etsy MetalClay Charm Bracelet auction on eBay.  Again, all proceeds from the sale of this bracelet will be donated to Autism Speaks.  The auction desc...

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The Etsy Metal Clay Team will be auctioning off this fantastic handcrafted sterling silver charm bracelet loaded with pure fine silver, bronze and copper charms individually handcrafted and donat...

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Having taken a cloisonne enameling class not too long ago, I was eager to get started on my first project.  So I took the plunge and ordered some fine silver cloisonne wire and a whole spectru...

http://mangotangodesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/anatomy-of-enamel-on-silver-color-test.html

I have several new jewelry pieces at the Left Bank Gallery, 8 Cove Road, Orleans, Massachusetts (on beautiful Cape Cod, of course). Stop by and see them when you can!  The Left Bank is my favor...

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One Sunday morning we were reading the paper and enjoying our first cup of coffee when we scanned the local estate sales and found a listing for the entire contents of the former home of a miniat...

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With my first show of the season less than a week away, these are the projects I've been working on.  Above, photos of the charms I made for the 2010 Etsy MetalClay Team charm swap.  I cre...

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It began with buying a cabochon that I thought was really pretty, thinking I'd decide later how to place it in an appropriate setting.  Then I bought a book about bead embroidery, fell madly in ...

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Okay, so maybe this isn't a TOTAL spoiler ... more of a sneak preview, really.  Here are my charms in progress.  I'll throw out a little hint:  Although you'd never guess it by looking at them...

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At this point in the season down here in Florida, when most of the snowbirds have flown north again but we still linger for a while, my thoughts turn to all the things I love and miss the most ab...

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This series of photos shows my first cloisonne piece in various stages of construction. The first is of the domed fine silver disc after its second firing.  The first firing was to apply clear ...

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As my collection of Barb Plevan's handpainted miniature cat plates grows, I've framed a second set. I found a pretty distressed wooden frame in muted peaches and sage greens and removed the ease...

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... whether you're having fun or not!  :D Just realized it's been nearly a month since I last blogged.  So much has happened -- we moved into a new home, began renovating in earnest, and added...

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I found this puppy on my morning beach walk and just had to snap a picture of it with my iPhone.  This particular variety of starfish is known to disconnect an arm or two (they grow back) wh...

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I'm very pleased to say I've successfully juried into a brand new show sponsored by the Naples Art Association.  Their shows are consistently the best-quality art festivals held in Naples and ...

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