Raised vessel, Copper, 2023.
Raised bowl, Copper, 2023.
Forage, series of pins, Assorted nutshells and pinecone set in brass, 2023.
This series of pins recreates the spasmodic squirrel maps of scattered nut shells found under the trees of Grange Park, worn on the body as installation—to correspond with signs of wear on clothing and to transpose these small revelations of lived experience.
Reaching out for a kinship with the atmosphere, container, Brass, sterling silver, paper, 2022.
“I let myself stop holding everything so tightly, I let it all fall away and I feel the warmth of the sunbeams at this time of day and I feel deep pride and spiritual fortification in the fact, not even the idea, but the fact that the light shines on me just as it does on the leaves and that even though I came here to try to do the art that I want and I want to be seen and held safe by my world, truly, in my primary wish for experience, I am asking for nothing more than a kinship with the atmosphere.”
"Oh, holy shit, I am a big fat fruit on a tree, dangling in the air just so, living in a state of fullness and exhilaration. I am connected to eternity and I am a part of everything and although I am with all of it, I am still different from anything and everything.
I am an example of a specific way of spending time and feeling existence in this world."
— Jenny Slate, Little Weirds 163, 192.
My Cup Runneth Over, neckpiece, Cast bronze, leather cord, 2022.
Leather cord secured with a constrictor knot onto the pot’s handle recalls the well bucket, wells which have historically connected communities, providing a vital means of sustenance, intrinsically linked with their prosperity.
The self is not an entity independent of the collective, and the abundance we experience rely upon the connections we fortify with others.
To hold and be held in return, ring, Sterling silver, stoneware, cubic zirconia, 2023.
Viewed in the round and worn / displayed with the palm open in invitation, this work intends to address the decorative limitations of common modes of wearability, of which components are naturally concealed upon wearing.
The object simultaneously reconsiders the disparity in perceived value between "precious" metals and ceramics, both harvested and originating from the earth.
Something has to change, ear cuffs, Sterling silver, 2022.
The foreign presence of anxiety gently infiltrates into the mind and settles within, ruminating and amplifying over time until propelled into consciousness.
Brooch, Brass with nickel findings, 2019.
Ring, Sterling silver, white laboradorite, 2019.
Ring, Sterling silver, 2018. Technique taught by Billy King.
Ring with tension-set quartz, Sterling silver, 2018. Technique taught by Billy King.