My work is an exploration, which is art. I also want it to be worn, which is jewelry. Each piece is both. It is jewelry and art at the same time, an object that tells a story with a point of view.
I’ve worked in many different disciplines: film, painting, photography, 3D modeling. They are all ephemeral in their own way. I decided to turn one of my models into a physical object. When I held it in my hand, I knew I was going to use the computer to make small metal objects. I never expected to make objects.
My pieces are one of a kind or few of a kind. I design on a computer, I print it, have it cast, then I do the finishing work on the metal. I’m a one person shop.
I’m self-taught in computers, which is where I design my pieces. I’m also self-taught in jewelry, picking up techniques from classes or figuring out what I need to do to get the effect I want.
Silver, stones, and computers offer endless possibilities. I can make almost anything that comes into my mind with them. Sometimes the stones even tell me what to create. I love silver for its changeable color and its stubbornness. Each piece teaches me something new about my tools, my process, what I look at, the way I see.
My processes are often labor intensive, which gives me space to think without words. I make the work to discover what I am thinking. This is what they show. The finished pieces are detailed, beautiful, and different. More than adornment, they are like wearing a story, a thought, or a conversation.
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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