Dendritic agate, cast iron, sterling silver This lariat is a wearable celebration of the spruce-covered landscapes that can be see in Interior Alaska. On one end, the handmade chain supports a spruce cone, the seed of the Black Spruce tree,…
Sterling silver rings, etched with a lepidoptoran image and set with citrine cabochons.
Bronze, brass, reclaimed glass lens6″ x 3.5″ x 3/4″ Is there an invisible hand that moves us around the globe or have you deliberately planned the path you have taken through life? Is there a difference. I don’t think it…
Bronze, reclaimed glass lens, brass bezel6.5″ x 9″ x 2″ This piece is an introspective reflection on the forces that have lead my path through life. What will I be? Where will I live? How have I come to be…
This piece is a study of a spruce cone, formed from copper reclaimed from the roof of the old UAF Wood Center.
Some of us make a path through life, others follow a path. For me, I feel like the journey I’ve been on to arrive where I am now hasn’t always been the result of deliberation. Similarly, the places I might…
What does it look like to shorten the distance between an individual and the food that person desires? What if one’s mouth was part of the utensil? This piece became an exploration into casting the inside of my mouth. It…
A statement on summer in citrine and silver.
These sterling silver rings make a statement as the wings of moths wrap around the finger.
This project, Food Security, is the intersection of my interest in and experience foraging, and the Roman practice of making death masks. These masks, imagines maiorum, were made from beeswax which made remarkable likenesses of the deceased. The mask here…