2024, Necklace. Sterling silver, baltic amber, mother of pearl, antique bone, fine silver, pigmented ink, beeswax.
2024, Brooch. Sterling silver, mother of pearl, antique bone, amber, pigmented ink, wax, steel
Necklace 2024. Sterling silver, mother of pearl, amber, pigmented ink
Necklace, 2024. Sterling silver, fine silver, mother of pearl, pigmented ink, lacquer. 65x2.5x2.5cm
Beverage Quest
2023, necklace. Sterling silver, mother of pearl, pigmented ink. Measures 33.75”x4”x0.375”
2023, Mother of pearl, steel, sterling silver, pigmented ink, wax
Necklace 2022, sterling Silver, mother of pearl, pigmented ink
Necklace 2022, Sterling silver, mother of pearl, pigmented ink
Necklace 2022, Sterling silver, mother of pearl, fine silver, pigmented ink, lacquer
Necklace 2021, sterling silver, fine silver, mother of pearl, pigmented ink
The mechanism of being seen and seeing
The fickle connection of attraction
The heart jumps
In joy
In shock
How complex!
How simple!
Necklace, 2021. Sterling silver, mother of pearl, ink
A grasp on something fragile and thin
A sheet of ice, Spun sugar
And warm hands that melt it, the weak thing
Hands that have no grip but desperate and white knuckled.
To watch that something trickle away
and misunderstand it’s demise.
Why next time I won’t touch the thing at all
And save the suffering of losing it.
Hands hung neatly to sides
Still, like a child chastised
But watching, desirous of something so precious
And agonize over how wrong it had been held.
And keep myself from want.
But restraint was what bore a grasp untried
Unknowing and clumsy, it had dissolved
over fingertips untrained
Be still, my writhing fears!
And try and try again.
Necklace, 2021. Sterling silver, mother of pearl, acrylic, silk cord
Photos by Elliot Keely
Hadn’t the first steps from home been so laden, hopeful in their prideful gate. The sprout parts soils and knows not the frightful world above. It only desires for the sun, the bright surface atop the damp, dim holes of the earth. To unfurl foliage from its tight coil in that golden light, to feel rays alight on the gentle facets of leaves... that is a consuming want. I push forth arduously for the sake of such belonging.
But at ground’s break, the sun’s great distance strikes lamentable. Under soil, the thought of it seemed so close, as if green fronds could cradle that golden curve and pluck it from the sky. How uncaring it looks, traveling a long, solitary arc across the heavens. The soil I cling to cracks dry in the heat and pools in muddy clay to the infrequent rain.
Have I grown callous and woody in the harsh exposure? Does my flower wilt, my leaves flavor bitter and astringent? But please, I beg a part of me to be soft and weightless, generous and inspiring of wonder.
2021, Brooch. Fine silver, sterling silver, mylar, colored pencil, graphite, mother of pearl, ink, thread, steel.
Photos by Elliot Keely
2020, Brooch. Fine silver, sterling, mother of pearl, acrylic, ink, steel.
2020, Brooch. Mother of pearl, pigmented ink, sterling, acrylic, steel
2020, Brooch. Mother of pearl, mylar, sterling silver, ink, steel.
2020, Brooch. Fine silver, sterling, mother of pearl, acrylic, ink, steel.
2019, Brooch, steel, sterling silver, cubic zirconia, acrylic sheet
2019, Brooch. Copper, enamel, antique mother of pearl gaming counter, acrylic, sterling silver, steel
2019, Brooch, Faux bone, fine silver, sterling silver, resin, pigment, ink, epoxy, acrylic, steel.
Brooch, sterling silver, steel, faux bone, pigmented ink, 2018
Brooch, Fine silver repousse, sterling silver, steel, faux bone, pigmented ink, 2018
Brooch, Fine silver repousse, sterling silver, steel, faux bone, pigmented ink, 2018
Brooch, eyeglass lens, bronze, resin, steel, 2018
Brooch, Fine silver, sterling silver, steel, alexandrite, opal, acrylic sheet, 2018
2018, Brooch, Fine silver, sterling silver, opals, steel, acrylic sheet, 2018