ABOUT THE ARTIST

Originally from the south, I studied textiles and jewelry design at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee.

I moved to Seattle because I always felt a pull toward the west and its beauty; the landscapes never fail to provide rich content for my work. I see geometry in everything that grows and forms in the wild and the joy of seeing it inspires me to create. The purposeful spirals of unfurling leaf and flower, how minerals are arranged to create crystalline matrices in rocks, sunlight in an ever changing and intricate design on moving water: my jewelry designs reflect the infinite beauty in the ordinary magic of the natural world.

I work intuitively and from a sense of wonder for the immutable laws of physics that forge gemstones and metals, that give color and endless variety to quartz. I like to showcase the raw and untouched aspects of semi-precious gemstones and freshwater pearls because inside each stone and pearl is a history. I wonder about the process that formed them and how far they may have traveled before they end up in my hands. I’m drawn to working with silver because it has a softness that is both lightweight and strong. 

I think a lot about the end wearer of my designs. How can this piece complete a person’s outfit, add a dramatic effect, or help serve another, more subtle purpose? How wearable is it, is comfortable, is it light weight? My intent is that the organic shapes and elegant simplicity of most pieces can be worn daily, with either casual outfits or more elaborate ones. I like to create things that don’t exist yet but should.