Red Ember Forge - Jewelry

10/06/2026

The website has been updated with new motel and diner sign pendants (smaller with salvaged auto body steel and larger all-silver designs) as well as a couple cool cuffs featuring egg-shaped Fordite. I have also added a "new work" section to the homepage so you can check out the latest in one place:
https://redemberforge.com/product-category/newwork/

09/26/2026

Small correction on Peoria this weekend - the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair is open to the public 10-5 Saturday the 26th and 10-4 on Sunday the 27th (the hours of 9-10 on Saturday are reserved for Guild members to shop).

See you tomorrow!

09/25/2026

This weekend! Here's your sign to get out into the (finally) cool weather and come see Red Ember Forge at the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair. September 26-27, 10-4 both days. I'll have EVERYTHING with me including small things (24 ear cuffs, over 30 unique ear pins), things under $65 (tumbled Sonoran Sunrise pendants, hammered spike pendants), things under $90 (forged silver snake pendants, naja MINIS - scroll through photos to see them), and all the fun pieces in the over-$90 category. Sign-inspired pendants, mid-century style pendants featuring salvaged auto body steel, Royston turquoise in full bezel settings, Campitos turquoise, and even one faceted (!) yellow and seafoam fluorite stone featured in a motel sign-inspired pendant. I'll have the most variety I've ever had (crop circle pendants, journey symbol pendants, I might have one dragonfly left, inner ear rings, elegant ear wires, forged silver cuff bracelets and a few lightweight and fun aluminum cuffs with lettering...). Oh, and the two pictured silver cuffs featuring some amazing high-domed egg-shaped Fordite "stones" (the gray and blue one in an unusually smaller size for me for those with 6" wrists)! See you this weekend!

09/17/2026

Something like a pop-up? A last-minute addition for us. This Thursday, September 17th, my artner Lydia Puddicombe and I will be selling at the Night Market at the Square in the parking lot of Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana, IL. 6-9. I'll have my unisex silver jewelry (see photos for some new, larger motel-sign-inspired pieces) and Lydia will have her original illustrations hand carved on board (and prints!). She'll have smaller pieces. I'll have a little bit of everything. Our tent will be lit, my tail laugh display will be lit, sadly, we won't be lit, but we'll be happy too ee you!

08/28/2026

In a somewhat last-minute addition, Red Ember Forge and Lydia Puddicombe (original carved illustrations on board) will be sharing a tent at ONE of the Urbana, IL Night Markets - the night of Thursday, September 17th*. The tent will be lit! The taillight on my fender display will be ON! And I’ll be selling my hand forged silver jewelry. [ *if there is rain the forecast that night, the night market will be canceled and that call will be made at 2:00 the day of the sale - if that happens, I’ll post it here ] Food trucks, live music, and ART. Come see us!

Downtown comes alive next Thursday evening – and all Thursday evenings in September – as the Urbana Night Market returns to Lincoln Square for its third consecutive year, bringing together local food vendors, artists, makers, musicians and community members for an evening celebration of local creativity and entrepreneurship.

Held every Thursday in September from 6 to 9 p.m., the Night Market transforms the parking lot at Lincoln Square Mall into a lively gathering place where visitors can shop locally, enjoy food and drinks, listen to live music and connect with the people who make Urbana’s small-business community unique.

Go here to read more: https://www.urbanail.gov/community-development-services/page/urbana-night-market-brings-food-art-music-and-local-business

08/13/2026

The website has been updated! Now featuring new work in several categories (photos are representative of what's been added). Please pay special attention to the size posted in each listing. I do not have photos of this batch being worn for scale, so please take a moment to get out a ruler or tape measure and get an idea of the pendant's size if one catches your eye. They vary widely.
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Fordite pendants (scroll to page 2 to see them all):
https://redemberforge.com/product-category/fordite/
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Sterling silver and salvaged auto body steel pendants (there's a page 2 there too):
https://redemberforge.com/product-category/salvaged-auto-body-steel-pendants/
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Many sizes of tumbled stone Sonoran Sunrise pendants (mostly on page 2 and 3):
https://redemberforge.com/product-category/special-collections/page/2/
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Tumbled Campitos (Mexican) turquoise pendants
https://redemberforge.com/product-category/special-collections/page/4/
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And one, er, "special case" of Campitos turquoise set in a bezel setting. Definitely one of a kind:
https://redemberforge.com/product/one-of-a-kind-wonky-bezel-set-campitos-turquoise-pendant/
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Prices include the chain pictured. Either a 20" stainless steel bead chain or a 20" stainless steel rolled box chain with a lobster claw clasp.
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I can give you any length of bead chain you want, but the rolled box chains are only available in the 20" length.
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Prices also include Priority Mail shipping inside the U.S.
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The next in-person sale for me will be the Peoria Art Guild Sale, September 26th and 27th at Riverfront Festival Park, Peoria, Illinois. This one DOES have an entry fee (it's a fundraiser for the Guild), but the art there is worth it. Great skill and variety. I was blown away by the work of many of my fellow artists in my first year there last year. See you down by the river!

08/02/2026

Today, Sunday, 10-4, The Crystal Lake Park Art Fair in Urbana, IL - come take a look. The quality here is is stellar and the variety is spectacular. Jewelry (silver, gemstones, colorful resin, chainmaille!!!), hand carved wooden animals, textiles, pottery, photography, woodturned bowls, painting...SO MUCH GOOD STUFF. The weather should be great today. Rain-free and cool. A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday in between the rain showers. It was great talking to all of you. I'm booth 36 at the far end of the sale! See you soon!

08/01/2026

08/01/2026

THIS WEEKEND - August 1st and 2nd - rain or shine - 10 - 4 both days - The Crystal Lake Park Arts Fest in Urbana, Illinois.

I am in booth #36 which is WAY down the row of artists, the opposite end from where you enter, just past the playground.

I debuted these tumbled Sonoran Sunrise pendants earlier this spring, then decided to tumble the rest of the slab cut stones I had. This is the second and last edition for this stone. When they are gone, they’re gone.

I love Sonoran Sunrise for the very retro color combo of red and green/blue. These are the shapes the stones took after a week in the tumbler (which wears away approximately 65% of the mass of the stone that went into the tumbler). They feel great; very smooth and they have more of a satin finish than a high polish.

I created this collection with affordability in mind. I shaped the stones with the tumbler, drilled through them with a diamond bit drill, and created the hand-forged silver bails. The bails are riveted through the stones with a silver tube rivet. Each pendant comes with a 20” stainless steel rolled box chain with a lobster claw clasp that slides smoothly through the bail.

Whether you prefer a touch of color or a large statement, come take a look this weekend and choose your favorite size, color, and pattern. By the way, they’re completely reversible so if you like the stone’s pattern better on the reverse, you can wear it that way.

In addition to the pieces pictured in the emails sent over these last four days, I’ll have my full selection including the following (all in sterling silver):

ear pins

ear wires

inner ear rings

(new this year!) ear cuffs stamped with tiny retro stars

hammered spike pendants

snake pendants

dragonfly pendants

naja pendants (ancient symbol of protection)

crop circle pendants

a few “journey symbol” pendants (symbols made up of every letter in a word)

adjustable leather hat bands with silver ornaments

salvaged auto body steel and silver pendants

salvaged auto body steel and silver heavy cuff bracelets

Fordite pendants

Fordite cuff bracelets

“backroads” textured silver cuff bracelets

a few remaining heavy silver “road” cuffs

a few motel pendants inspired by vintage motel signs (I’ll be making more of these for my next in-person sale in late September)

one perfect miniature retro gas station cuff bracelet (size 7 - I will take orders for other sizes - with a downpayment - to be completed before the holidays)

very unique Royston turquoise pendants with cutaway backs on leather cord

Sonoran Sunrise tumbled pendants

Campitos turquoise tumbled pendants

(NOT in sterling silver) some very affordable stamped ALUMINUM cuffs with UFO motif that read “get me outta here”

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All pendants come with either a stainless steel bead chain (dog tag style) that can be cut to any length OR (new this year) a 20” stainless steel rolled box chain with lobster claw clasp. I even have a few of the rolled box chains in black.

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sterling silver bead chain can be added for an additional cost.

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See you Saturday and Sunday!

07/31/2026

This weekend at the Crystal Lake Park Art Fair in Urbana, IL, a few speckled Campitos turquoise tumbled stone pendant experiments. And one rebel who decided to break while setting the rivet so it received an epoxy repair and a full silver bezel setting with a twisted wire bail. These come with a 20" stainless steel rolled box chain with lobster claw clasp that slides smoothly through the bail. See you this weekend!