Hi, folks. If you've spent any time looking at my work, you'll notice that I have an affinity for creating unique little monsters in metal. Monsters have been a part of my life since childhood. As a young boy, I loved collecting Wacky Packs and other monster trading cards and stickers. My Uncle Bruno was a big hot rod lover, and he exposed me early to Big Daddy Roth and all of his beautiful hot rod monster art. So, when I started making jewelry, it was only natural that

Dear readers, I've got a little story to tell you about a young maker named John Pape and the day he thought he had arrived on the big stage. Flashback to 2012. At that time, I had been making custom jewelry for about 5 or 6 years. My partner, Robin, and I were of the mindset that publicity was everything. We wanted our pieces in all the big magazines and on all the top celebrities. Robin was doing a phenomenal job of getting my pieces in big magazines like Vogue, Elle, a