Biography
How it's going...
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Sidelined by a broken wrist in late 2023, I had to put my plans on "getting dirty" off for a year plus. But the spring of 2024 had me with my hands firmly planted in mud. While wheel throwing requires being present, breathing, and letting go...uh, hem...it's no surprise I naturally gravitated to handbuilding. Handfabricating in metal as in mud requires a similar set of steps and processes to bring an idea to life. Once I made that connection, things didn't seem so "muddy" any more (I even save almost every last scrap of clay as I do my silver + gold). Clay has given me the opportunity to make badassness on a bigger scale. And, ceramics has added to the list of rabbit holes you may find me down like glaze combinations (mostly) and building techniques.
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My jewelry and stoneware compliment each other in a way that came about organically and now each influences the other equally. I would describe my work in both mediums as timeless or, perhaps, even from another time...and as maybe a little on-trend, yet trendless. I make pieces that speak to me - pieces I want to wear myself or have in my home - but, I hope, also speak to you that you want to adorn and surround yourself with also!!
