I stumbled into jewelry when I decided to turn one of my 3d computer models into a metal object and then was astonished at how I felt when I held it in my hand. I made computer to metal my work process. I design on a computer, 3d print, have it cast, do the finishing work. I’m self-taught in computers. I’m also self-taught in jewelry, picking up things from classes or figuring out what I need to do to get the effect I want. With these materials and skills, I can make almost anything I imagine. Stones tell me what to do. I love silver’s colors and stubbornness. Gold works for me as a color.
Since I have an intense desire to search and explore, I seldom do the same thing twice. Each piece is both jewelry and art: As an exploration, it’s art; since it can be worn, it’s jewelry. The finished pieces are detailed and different. They have stories, encourage thoughts, spark conversations, and they have a beauty with a touch of the sinister, which is my sense of humor. Beauty in unusual forms.
My Three Collections: Sentient, Abstract, Surreal
Your style is how you make things. While my work may seem to move across different approaches, to me it's all one style. I've divided it into three collections to help make sense of how I create. At the heart of it all is perception.
Sentient is what we see. This collection includes recognizable objects— plants, animals, faces, and other forms we encounter outside ourselves.
Abstract is how we see. These pieces explore patterns, shapes, refractions of light, and the structures that underlie how we piece together the objects we see and name. You can't always believe what you see nor do the abstract shapes really make the objects. The eye and brain trick us; perception is never as straightforward as it seems.
Surreal is how we dream. This collection moves around, beneath, and through Sentient and Abstract. It distorts and reshapes, blending memory, emotion, and dream. While it may present
itself as truth, its reality is more elusive, asking us to look carefully at how we perceive.
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