For me part of being an artist and loving art is loving art other than your own. I admit I want my own art collection and have begun building it with drawings, paintings, ceramics and now jewelry. I got to check out Chris Ploofs studio a few months back, his designs are based on textures and hard to work materials in metalsmithing.

Keeping this short; I just want to share that Chris made this necklace for me, I really love it and I admire his work.
Click over to his site to see more:
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Here about his process in this interview on WCCA TV 13
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His designs are available at Neal Rosenblum Goldsmiths on Park Ave in Worcester, MA (877.778.1495) as well as many other galleries all over the country.