News — insect jewelry

I'm writing this with hopeful optimism: After failing (twice!) at creating workable cicada legs for my next designs, I have now made a third set of legs — and I think the third time might be the charm!

Not so long ago, I heard a grown man pronounce the word cicada "chi-CAH-da".  That was a first.  There are certain "tells" when someone is not all that into bugs.  Not being able to pronounce (or even spell, apparently) the name of a fairly common one, I would say is probably one of them. That said, cicadas are one of my most favorite insects.  "Dog Day" cicadas, the big ones that come out every year here in NJ, produce my all-time, favorite sound on the face of the planet.  To me, it is the sound of swimming, and sunshine, and...