When ask about her philosophy she stated," Making jewelry is very much a journey of spirit, each piece is an opportunity to learn something new about myself, and expand my skills. I'm an artist who happens to make jewelry. I'm a bit of a vagabond, trying different things. Sometimes it works,sometimes it doesn't. I never,never worry about wasting materials,because that just binds up the energy,and blocks any ability to be creative. It is,however,very, very important to me to produce high quality work: finishing and fine detailing are what give the work the "wow" reaction I want people to have when they look at my pieces.
I cringe when I see badly made wire work,which is why I stress proper technique and construction when I'm teaching.If it doesn't pass the "Sweater Test", then it doesn't matter how nice the design is".Her inspiration comes for more than a few places there is a lot of Celtic and modernist influence in her work,she also draws inspiration from nature, architecture, ancient cultures,music and her personal life.Most of her work is wire work, but she also does some fabrication. Recently she has been experimenting
with felting, and working with wire in 3 dimensional structures.She just loves working with silver but also uses copper.Natural stones and gemstones are also a favorite of hers along with crystal and other types of beads.Felt and found objects are also of great use to her.Sir Alfred Gilbert, Alessandro Castellani, Alexander Calder, Max Froehlich,Art Smith, Mary Lee Hu, E.R. Nele are just a few of her favorite jewelry artists.

When I ask if she ever wore her own designs she remarked:Absolutely! I was recently wearing my Micki Rings at a Metal Arts Guild event, talking to another metal smith about jewelry-making. When I showed her my rings, she expressed surprise - they didn't look like what she expected wire work to look like. My favorite response was from my Jewelry 1 instructor at George Brown, who told me with complete confidence that once I was finished taking her course, I would never go back to wire work again.  I told her with equal confidence that she was wrong. I enjoy challenging people's perceptions of how wire can be applied to jewelry making, and loved watching her expression change from skeptical to admiring when she examined my work. Strangers buy most of her jewelry but her mother-in-law regularly buys earrings from her.Her clients are mostly women. She has even sold a little heart pendant to a Hollywood actor named Jay 0. Sanders a couple of years ago at a craft show.She also says she loves to give her jewelry away,she especially enjoy participating in Secret Santa exchanges. She gets to make an original piece of jewelry for someone, and quite often will take the opportunity to work outside of her comfort zone. This last year, her secret Santa was a lady in Michigan who wears "bold and chunky" jewelry.  A lot of her work is very delicate, so doing bold and chunky was a challenge. She ended up making something that was a cross between a Wonder Woman bangle and a Jackson Pollack painting.Dianne laughed saying,"It was fun, and my recipient loved it".

For the past few years her focus has been on writing and selling tutorials,rather than jewelry. Late last year, she started selling jewelry again through her etsy shop; the only bricks & mortar retail outlet for her jewelry is currently at the Elizabeth Gallery, in Goderich, Ontario. She occasionally participate in group shows. She is also currently working on a piece that will be included in a group show called "Vessel" at the Rails End Gallery in Haliburton, Ontario June 30-July 30, 2009.

She loves making custom ordered jewelry and her work can be found at:www.wrapturewirejewellery.on.caYou can find her tutorials at:www.wrapturetutorials.comHer etsy shop is: DianneKargBaron.etsy.com And she is on twitter at:www.twitter.com/DianneKargBaron The Metal Arts Guild of Canada is another important site to her:
www.metalartsguild.ca The International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artist can be found at:
www.wirejewelryartists.org

In closing our little interview she stated: I've been happily married to a wonderful man for almost seven years, and we have two children, 5 and 3. They are truly proof that silliness is genetic, so I write about them and their exploits. When I'mnot chasing after them, I'm puttering around in my garden.  I love traveling and camping, and I love taking photographs.WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THIS AND JEWELRY MAKING IN YOUR LIFE WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED?