So hello! My name is Melanie and I am a professional bead maker and jewelry designer and ceramic artist. My main gig is making porcelain beads and charms and components and selling them on my website Earthenwood Studio www.earthenwoodstudio.com From the website I sell both wholesale and retail and everything is made to order

I also sell from my Etsy shop www.earthenwood.etsy.com all sorts of one of a kind beads and experiments, ready to ship with free shipping in the usa. I have a second Etsy shop www.earthenwoodceramics.etsy.com for my tile and other ceramic items.

I am glad to be here, I hope to upload some photos and share my work. I probably won't update this journal thing very often though, as I already blog daily. If you want to read about the daily thoughts and madness running through my brain, come visit my blog www.earthenwood-beads.blogspot.com which is also cross posted daily to my livejournal (search for earthenwood there)

Speaking of blogs, I also write for the awesome blog dedicated to art beads called Art Bead Scene www.artbeadscene.com We have tons of cool content, posted daily, and also great opportunities for all of you jewelry designers who use artisan beads to win great prizes. It is a blog by beadmakers, for those who love art beads!

And one last plug, speaking of art beads, I am proud to have co-founded a group for ceramic bead makers called Beads-of-Clay www.beads-of-clay.org We have a large Yahoo discussion group and we also have our own gallery here on Deviant Art [link]

I am here on DA because I love so much of the artwork shown by its members. I adore and appreciate painters, illustrators, and all sorts of artists. I am always looking for new things to inspire me and especially love anime, art nouveau, arts and crafts style, asian influenced art, steam punk, and so many genres of fantasy.

So that's a bunch about me. Please say HI and leave a comment if you see something you like. I am always happy to meet new friends.