Entangled. Thus I've named my jewelry work. And here are two new necklaces: silk cord braided with vintage buttons, brass findings, and cultured pearls.
I come to studio art and craft from graphic design. To balance my computer-based career, I stepped back into art first with drawing. I drew the classical subject of the body, striving to capture beauty and strength embodied.
The artist and designer merged when I began to create shadow boxes. These works unleashed my propensity to collect feathers, rocks, and whatnots; and my love of wood, tools, and metal workings. In my boxes I juxtapose found and created elements and explores “burrs," kernels of truth, perception, and unsettling beauty.
My love of metal and tools and workings now has me completely entangled in jewelry. My pieces are well-crafted, inventive, and dedicated to repurposing and recycling found elements.
