MEGAN AUMAN

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my studio gallery wall in detail (with painted plywood floor and plenty of plants!)

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gallery wall in art studio with painted plywood floor

When I shared an update on my studio last week, I mentioned that the space was pretty messy. But I spent a few hours cleaning this past weekend, and after that, I did some rearranging on the far gallery wall.

You might remember previous versions of the wall from this post, this post, and this post. It’s the wall I can see as I sit at my work bench, so since it’s in my line of site A LOT, I wanted to make it something I LOVE looking at. That being said, I also didn’t want to rush into the space. I love that a gallery wall can be a living, breathing thing that I’m constantly arranging and playing with. As you’ll see in some of the detail images below, I even added a few more plants from when I took the overall shots to when I took some detail images.

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new year studio update

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houseplants in jewelry metalsmithing studio

I was looking over my Instagram posts from the last year (I blame the end of year/end of decade reflection madness) and couldn’t help but noticing 1. that it’s been almost a year since I had to relocate my studio and 2. how funny it was that I seemed to think I would have the garden studio fixed by now.

Since it has been almost a year since I moved studio spaces, I thought it was only fair to do another update! (You can read the last one here.)

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holiday ring photoshoot: the beautiful + the slightly ridiculous

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studio photography with winter foliage featuring designer and metalsmith megan auman wearing one of her signature stone and metal statement rings

Last week (or maybe it was the week before, it’s all starting to blur together), I released a new batch of Contra Collection rings that were hiding in my studio. And I thought it would be fun to do an elegant photoshoot with some winter foliage, like this one from last month.

And while some of the photos did turn out that way, I also was clearly feeling a little extra (as evidenced by this first pic) and decided to roll with it! Which gives you a behind the scenes glimpse into a creative business owner who’s clearly feeling a little much as the holidays set in!

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custom Contra Collection statement ring

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one of a kind black and white gemstone statement ring

How gorgeous is this stone?!? It’s been sitting on my workbench for a while now and I am so thrilled that I got to turn it into a special, one of a kind ring for a fantastic customer!

This ring is off to it’s forever home, but you can shop the currently available (and totally one of a kind) Contra Collection rings on my website! Or if you don’t see a stone you love in your size, you can always email me to talk about something custom at info(at)meganauman(dot)com

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scenes from the studio + stockist shout-outs

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studio of megan auman, artist, jewelry designer, and metalsmith

This last month has been a busy one in the studio as I’ve worked hard on shipping lots of orders out to some of my favorite retailers. Above you can see a bunch of Contra Collection necklaces almost ready to ship out to the store at the Art Institute of Chicago.

And here’s a batch of earrings, including some from my new Essaint Collection, that I sent out to one of my long time stores, High Gloss in Houston:

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more new statement earrings (and a glimpse of my messy studio)

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new statement earring designs in the studio of megan auman

I’m knee deep in prep for my next wholesale show (a pop-up at the Yotel during NY Now with five other jewelry designers), in case it wasn’t obvious from the disaster that is my studio. And even though I’ve still got some sample of my best-sellers to finish this week, I spent the last few days working on new earrings designs.

What can I say, these new statement earrings really inspired me to start playing even more!

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a new painting with a Matisse-inspired color palette

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one of a kind modern graphic painting by megan auman with a color palette inspired by Matisse

Ever since I read Digital Minimalism (and truthfully, even before that), I’ve been trying to replace my mindless evening phone scrolling time with more time reading books. But I’ll be perfectly honest – some nights my brain is just too tired to read.

That’s when I’ve been turning instead to my collection of exhibition catalogs from the many, many museum exhibitions I’ve seen over the years. Not only is this a more wonderfully tactile way to take in images and great way to revisit some of my favorite shows from over the years, but it’s also been inspiring my own painting.

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finding my process in painting (with composition sketches and color studies)

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composition sketches and color studies in watercolor marker

After a few weeks of really diving into painting, I’m starting to get a handle on a creative process that seems to work for me in terms of generating ideas. I realized that I had way more ideas floating around in my head then I could work through in either watercolor or oil, so I’ve started keeping a sketchbook full of quick composition sketches.

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