Hi Everyone! Thanks for visiting my website. :)
Enjoy perusing! The next show which will feature my jewelry will be at: Dynasty Arts Gallery located at 20 Nassau Street, Princeton NJ 08540.
It will be on display January 27, 28, and 29, for 3 days only!
The reception is Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 6-9pm. We will be serving complimentary wine, sake, sushi, hor' dourves and small pastries!
I hope to see you there. :)
The Online Shop Will be Set up Soon!
To Order please email: MoniCandyDesigns_gmail.com
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Hi there! I'm a quirky and whimsical gal who loves to make jewelry in my off time as a superhero/ science-artist/ lawyer.
It's super fun and I've loved doing it since I was in college, where I studied neurobiology (yawn) and human development. Arts and crafts have always been an active procrastination for me- and I would make earrings to avoid reading about NY civil procedure in law school. Let me just save you some time- it's not a page turner.
When I would take a break from the books in law school I would always bake or make jewelry for fun. I started giving my jewelry as gifts then I realized perhaps there was a market for them and TA-DA!
I got my B.S. in neuroscience at Cornell University, spent some time in DC working "on the Hill", then transitioned to Princeton University where I worked in the Psych Dept at Green Hall studying cultural perception and color theory. Finally, I decided to say byebye to science and embrace my passion for Art- and went to work at Christie's Auction House. Then I decided to torture myself by going to law school. I studied corporate, commercial and art law with some labor and employment sprinkled in.
During the day I'm an attorney, but in my free time I love to paint, craft, and look up hilarious things on the internet. When I paint favorite mediums to use are oil and acrylic, or watercolor.
No one is really sure where I got my fine-artsy side- b/c my parents are both engineers with MBAs and I super duper like math. My dad is business dude by day and photographer by night. My mom is a computer programmer and culinary artist- she really is a great cook- om nom nom. My brother does...something... I wasn't listening when he told me.
If you want to know more, here is my biography!
Monica
You can find MoniCandy at the following Princeton stores:
JANE
7 spring street
princeton, nj 08542
609.683.jane (5263)
jane's hours:
monday-saturday
10:00-6:00
sunday
12:00-5:00
Dynasty Arts LLC Gallery
20 Nassau St.
( on the corner of Chambers Street)
Princeton NJ 08536
Dynasty Arts Hours:
Wednesday- Sunday
Noon - 6:00pm
To Order Please Email: Monicandydesigns_gmail.com
Please Include:
1. Your Name
2. Your Order - Please include the Name of piece
3. Address- where you would like it shipped
4. Notes re: sizing, colors or If it is a custom order
5. Phone Number
When I was little I loved looking at stones and gems. I was like a crow- attracted to sparkly and shiny things. As I got to school I began to learn more about the science behind these geodes and natural geological production of the stones.
So here are a few of the semi-precious stones that I use:
Jade - used to describe two silicate minerals: Nephrite and Jadeite which is a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene. The term Jade is derived from: French lejade and Latin ilia, also from the Spanish term piedra de ijada (first recorded in 1565) or loin stone, from its reputed efficacy in curing ailments of the loins and kidneys. Back in the day people used to carve it for weapons, hilts of swords, and ornamental jewelry- popular in Latin America and Asia.
Tigers Eye- is a silicon dioxide, SiO2, and a member of the quartz group with a golden to reddish brown color and a silky luster. This is one of my favorites b/c my brother was born the year of the Tiger and my hometown is Princeton- and the mascot is the Tiger. When I was little my dad said I used to run around going Rawr! I also love Red Tigers Eye.
Quartz- is the second most abundant mineral in the Earths continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 siliconoxygen tetrahedra. I like it b/c it looks like a pretty prism and refracts light well.
Malachite - copper carbonate mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This mineral comes in Bright green, dark green, blackish green, commonly banded in masses in transmitted light. I just love it cause its green.
Turquoise- I love this blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium. The chemical formula is CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. The word is derived from an Old French word for Turkish, because the mineral was first brought to Europe from Turkey, from the mines in historical Khorasan Province of Persia. Pliny referred to the mineral as callais, the Iranians named it pirouzeh and the Aztecs knew it as chalchihuitl. it reminds me of the sky and water in Bermuda.
Howlite- a calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5), is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits. The most common form of howlite is irregular nodules, sometimes resembling cauliflower- I like it for its simplicity.
Pearls - are just little spheres produced within the soft tissue
(specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of the mother of pearl, a pearl is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form and I use freshwater.
Jade Lapis Malachite Tiger's Eye Rose Quartz Pearls
Helene-
my favorite blogger
Jean Ralph- my favorite
fashion
designer
Andy-
my favorite potter
Becky- My favorite photographer
and
Noam- my favorite subject
Aaron-
my favorite
leather artist
Janelle-
my favorite knitter
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