I woke up this morning thinking about Leslie Oschmann of Swarm, no clue why really, and so I thought I'd check out her website to see what she has been up to since I visited her atelier over the summer (read about that here). Well first things first, Leslie is blogging! I'm thrilled because now I can keep up with her work as she goes.

Above are some of her latest creations... "Myriad" necklaces! When we were chatting in person, Leslie was talking about some of her ideas for jewelry making so it's exciting for me to see the results above. I love how she used wooden discs and applied mini paintings to them on both sides so that you can flip them over to change the look of the necklace. Beautiful work, Leslie!

Her new "Altered Ego" chairs are clever as well. Something once old and considered boring even is suddenly desirable again and has a quirky twist, I like that. It's inspiring to see Leslie working on new projects and I can't wait to see what 2011 brings for her.

(images: leslie oschmann)