Map Marker Necklaces
An icon for adventurers who live for the journey – a map marker for where you are, where you’re going, and where you have been.
Jewelry
Stamped Turquoise Ring
Wear blue after summer solstice and hold onto the sunny skies and glossy blue glacial ice as long as possible. This stamp-textured ring is set with a Hubei turquoise.
The Terrain Series
The Terrain Series draws inspiration from the winter landscape. During winter, snow softens the contours of the ground and seems to reshape them as wind drifts and strips the snow across the land throughout the season. These pieces started out…
Winter Texture Ring
A ring inspired by the textures of winter and by the delicate play of light and shadow on snow. The tourmaline rutile inside quartz looks like those long needles of ice that sometimes grow. The band and bezel of the…
Winter Texture Silver Statement Ring
This icy blue bevel-set chalcedony sits on a wide, textured sterling silver band. The electric blue color glows inside the stone in certain light. I was inspired by the snowy textures of the Alaskan winter, and the cool blues of…
The Magpie
One fall afternoon, while driving home, a magpie (pica hudsonia) flew across Chena Hot Springs Rd in front of me. A momentary glimpse of blue black with a flash of white, then I blinked and we continued on our separate…
Sanctuary
A choker-length necklace stamped with the lat/long coordinates of the Creamer’s Field bird sanctuary, in Fairbanks, Alaska. This necklace is made from various sizes of handmade sterling silver links.
Southwest-style Jade Ring
This isn’t a style I normally work in. The silver vibe in the American Southwest is really different from what Alaska feels like. The imagery and symbolism aren’t the same. These are obvious statements, seeing as how these are two…
Othoceras Necklace
Set in sterling silver with a sterling silver chain, this fossilized creature is set in a silver bezel, stamped with its specimen name.
Moonscape Ring with Moonstone
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…