For months, we’ve been surrounded by advertisements, opinions, arguments, predictions, signs, mailers, commercials, and people telling us why somebody…

The fire is strong.The work is moving.Ideas come easily.Energy is high.

The day we decide to become jewelry makers, I believe we make an unspoken agreement with the craft:

Have you ever held on to something simply because it had been such an important part of your life?

There was still work at the bench. Emails to answer. Videos I could have made. Projects that could have moved forward.

In this story, I share a simple fable about a hammer and the unexpected mark it left behind. On the surface, it’s a story about a tool. But beneath it is…