Nancy Pearsall

Kind of sci-fi.

http://www.galleryred.com/mccreary/

A little music in honor of my Grecian ramblings.

Mykonos by Fleet Foxes

“Color is the place where our brains and the universe meet.” – Paul Klee

“The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.” – Vincent van Gogh

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keefe

http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/jewelry_history_ancient_greek.html

I like the idea of incorporating gold flakes into designs.  Does that make me flaky?

http://www.alaskangoldmines.net/jewelry.html

A nice synopsis of functions across cultures and time periods.

http://www.lushaejewelry.com/jewelry-jad.asp?p=History

The first paragraph in this article does a nice job summing up the anthropological value of jewelry – not just in the Nile Valley, but in any civilization.

http://www.arthistoryspot.com/2010/02/egyptian-jewelry/

http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art187.htm