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American Dream 2: Fairbanks, AK

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Bronze, bronze braising wire, patina10” x 38” x 10″ This piece is a continuation of my experience living on discontinuous permafrost. The dynamic nature of ground in Interior Alaska cannot be understated. Houses are built on unstable ground, and sometimes…

Moonscape Ring with Moonstone

The Moonscape Ring set with peach moonstone and pink tourmaline

I imagine this ring to anchor a particular state of mind. I want it to evoke a headspace with the vastness of Space itself, and the solitude of a moonscape. The surface of the wide, open-shank band is textured with…

Show the Path. Know the Way

A photo of the top of this sculpture

Brass, reclaimed biconvex lens2.75″ x 3.25″ ​​​​​​​A fantastical device for navigation. This planchette bears the coordinates of the user’s home as the beginning of a journey and is meant to be used in tandem with a map. Just like a…

The Exigent Nightlight

6″ x 6″ x 24″Aluminum, concrete, fiber optic filament, LED lights, steel, cotton floss At the moment, art-making isn’t my full-time job. I work for the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This past summer UAF declared financial exigency due to state…

Copper Cake Server

A copper cake server with pierced pattern

This cake server is hand-pierced and formed from heavy, reclaimed copper pipe and copper wire. The handle is riveted with brass. The patterns on these cake servers are inspired by patterns I remember seeing as a child when my mom…

Engineered Foundation

A 3/4-view of this sculpture

Copper, kiln-cast glass1.5″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″ Home foundations in Interior Alaska often sit above the ground to keep the frozen earth below from thawing, and to allow for a foundation to be adjusted if the ground does move beneath…

The American Dream: Fairbanks, AK

The American Dream: Fairbanks, AK is a hollow form statement ring made from silver. on the top are set two tiny glass houses

Kiln-cast glass, sterling silver This hollow-form statement ring embodies the reality of housing in Fairbanks and exemplifies our personal relationship to the place in which we live. As we often use rings in wedding ceremonies here in the United States,…

Methane Ring

The Methane Ring as worn

Sterling sliver, gray moonstone This ring is inspired by research in Alaska documenting the rapid release of methane in lakes due to melting permafrost. I’ve observed this phenomenon first-hand hiking around my home here in Fairbanks, Alaska. I still find…