River God, Warlock, The Seventh Scroll,Aztec, Aztec Autumn,Warmed by Love, Essays of Sir Francis Bacon, Robert Frost,Emily Dickinson,Pablo Neruda. Too many to name. I love science fiction. Instructional books for jewelry designs of all kinds. Collecting old out of print books on fancy bead work.
My favorite sports
making friends, mentoring others, playing musical instruments, reading, I love playing Myst online URU over at Game Tap.
My favorite movies
I can't pick one. I really love a lot of movies. Hidalgo, Lord of the Rings Trilogy,The Gladiator, Big, An affair to Remember, Aragon, The Odd Couple, Sleepless in Seattle, I Robot, Mrs Doubtfire, again...to many to name....but fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Comedy
My favorite music
Ed Rambeau, The Beatles, Who, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Avalon, George Strait, Segovia, Sting, Phillips Craig and Dean,Avalon,Ty Herndon, Theme for Medicine Man, Peruvian music-love the pan pipes,Gypsy Kings,Angelo Branduardi,Rod Stewart,Armik,Craig Chaquico, Ottmar Leibert,Segovia,Il Divo,Tina Turner,Cheryl Crow, Celine Dion, John Denver,Randy Travis, Jimmey Buffet,Mick Moloney,..to many to name really!
I want to be successful enough to:
1. retire comfortably and not eat cat food in my old age
2. to help my children get as much education as they want
3. to go back to school in jewelry design courses
Raised on a ranch in West Texas most of my life, I moved to town when I was old enough to go to college. I started out as a music major with French Horn as my primary instrument and piano as secondary. Dropped music and attended nursing school for a degree as soon as I was able to do as I wanted. The medical field had a much better potential for earnings than music and I had a very average talent that was enjoyable but not employable! I work in a large cardiovascular surgery center and my work is my passion. For the past twelve years I have also been designing jewelry! I torch glass to create many of my own beads, and pendants for my designs. I work in Precious Metal Clay, Polymer Clay, crystals (vintage as well as new), pearls, gemstones, and almost any medium that calls out to me. One unique medium I work in is small glass beads called seed beads. Creating three dimensional floral components in a special way that can be used for jewelry applications. Most recently I have added soldering of Sterling Silver filigree to my repertoire of work.
I love tools! Saws, drills, files, templates, torches...you name it! I am a tool junky.
By day I help fix sick hearts. By night I am the mad scientist in my jewelry studio! I hope you enjoy the slide show. The best way to get to know me is through my work! I am a romantic in the most literal and literary senses of the word!
You can find more on me and my work by doing a Google search for Mona Hair Jewelry Designs. I pop up all over the place with portfolio sites, interviews for ezines...ect.
My one of a kind artisan designed jewelry online boutique may be found here!
Mona Designs-one of a kind artisan jewelry
Mona Designs
My online boutique of vintage collectible fine and costume jewelry may be found here!
My online portfolio site with links to more comprehensive portfolio may be found here, where I have been featured as an up and coming artist and featured as a favorite artist many times.
I am a Member of Jewel Collect, an online society of vintage jewelry collectors and dealers!
I am a registered member of the following organization for self representing artists in the jewelry design category of this organization.
SRAJD
Member of Self Representing Artists
Membership Number: 1175
My favorite activities
Married: Happily
Chldren: 2
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Please keep my page family friendly! No suggestive, provocative nudity or naughtiness please. When people log onto my page I want them to feel comfortable and relaxed...even with a child on their lap or looking over their shoulders! Thank you for your cooperation!
Please do not message me with suggestive romantic overtones. I am grossly offended by that and delete with no response whatsoever. Enough said.
Beginning January 20th, 2008, at 2:00 pm CST, I will commence with a live radio talk show at nowlive.com. The Jewelry Connection is the name of ths show and I will be hostess to guest jewelry artists, talking jewelry design, sometimes doing tutorials, and generally exploring the world of jewelry design from an artisans point of view and experience. I invite you to join us! If you design jewelry I am filling the 2008 calender for guests artists and hope that you will consider being a guest on the show. Webcam and microphone offer the best possible interview, but pictures and text messaging are another alternative and it is quite doable.
To participate is FREE. To participate you must:
1. create a membership at nowlive.com
2. download Googletalk or Skype chat program for free at the site (f you don't have it)
3. request friendship at my talk show site.
There are talkshow widgets like the one below, available for copy and paste, at the home page of The Jewelry Connection, that may be placed anywhere you like(blogs, ect..for your convenience with a direct line to the show). Quick access to the home page of The Jewelry Connection at nowlive.com is available from this page by click on the SHOW INFO button on the "MY LIVE SHOW" widget below.
If you don't know what US time zone you are in this is a link to help you find your time zone
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml
Looking forward to seeing you there!----------------M
On Sunday afternoon, February 10th, 2008 , The Jewelry Connection will be hosting guest jewelry artist Jesse Danger for a one hour program including an interview and a review of some of his work. Imagine blending an engineering background with jewelry design! Wonderful and unexpected things happen! Please join us at nowlive.com/mona77401 - The Jewelry Connection Sunday afternoon Feb 10th, 12pm PST - 2pm CST- 3pm EST
