two part ring 3d printed in gold plated brass and white nylon, set with lapis lazuli.

Through the challenge of time intensive processes and limited weight, these earrings interact with the wearer to occupy as much space surrounding the face as possible.

Earrings with sterling silver, 5mm pearls. From the Spring of 2015.

The wearer of this neck piece is unreadable to the viewer.

Neck piece with sterling silver, 8mm garnet, silicon, taxidermied pheasant wings. From the Spring of 2014.

This piece was designed with the challenge of creating a site-specific piece for personally influential experiences had during the Tyler Metals Workshop during the summer of 2014. Drawing inspiration from the Avebury Stone Circle, a monolithic pagan stone structure in England's countryside, this two finger ring considers aspects of the monolithic nature of each stone, and the sheep who live among the stones. Particularly interested in exploring the highway road which completely bisects the stone circle, the wearer's hand acts as a bisecting plane to the metal monolith.

Sterling Silver and 10 karat yellow gold two finger ring set with raw and processed wool from the Summer of 2014.
 

An exercise in developing jewelry objects from repetitive forms, wax carving, casting, and rubber mold making skills, with forms referential of the delicate intensities of snake jaws.

Cast sterling silver, arcylic, isopropyl alcohol, baby mice. From the Spring of 2014.

Earrings designed within an exploration of different aspects of discomfort and space.

Fabricated sterling silver earrings. from the spring of 2015.

Designed during time spent thinking about space, the control of space, and the difference in the feeling of having a space you belong to versus having a space that belongs to you.

Earrings with Sterling Silver, Hand Carved Cocobolo Wood, Set with 5mm Smokey Quartz. From the Fall of 2014.

An answer brought to the table of a debate on the generational relevence of jewelry.

Ear Weights with Sterling Silver, Rubber O-Rings, Acrylic, Isopropyl Alcohol, Baby Mice. From the Fall of 2013.

Designed during an obsessive fascination with the American Dustbowl, this bangle is referential of choking layers of dust, microscopic images of dust and dust mites, and the affliction of dust pneumonia.

Bangle with moveable elements modeled in Rhino 5, printed on a Z-corp printer in gypsum plaster. From the Fall of 2013.

Working through the concept of positive vs. negative- dark vs. light- the inverse/converse design of these pieces is referential of the feelings of remembering/forgetting— while the etched pattern of the silver and forged arms face outwards, the memory escapes from the wearer; as they turn in, the memory haunts her.

Photo-etched Sterling Silver bangles from the Fall of 2013.

These earrings were designed as a statement piece for the Lamina Jewelry Exhibition in the Spring of 2014 and act as an intersection between what is beautiful: the seductive glamor of gold and the careful, intrinsic beauty of that which serves to keep a creature alive.

10 and 14 carat yellow gold earrings set with teeth pulled from an animal carcass. From the Spring of 2014.

Memory prevails and it insists.

Two Finger Ring with Sterling Silver, 3d Printed Durus White, Acrylic, Isopropyl Alcohol, Baby Mouse. From the Fall of 2014.

Considerate of the feeling of turning inward into oneself.

Neckpiece with electroformed copper, silicon, acrylic, isopropyl alcohol, baby mouse. From the spring of 2014.

Again deriving from an overwhelming interest in the American Dustbowl, the organic, finger-like shapes of this ring clutch together to mimic choking dust storms and the almost-certain grasp of death for both the land and the families on it, while the steep, bright peak references the promised solace of moving Westward.

Ring modeled in Rhino 5 and printed in gold plated brass. From the Fall of 2013.

Using abstractions of personally familiar forms, this bangle serves as a narrative between the contrasting connectedness of beauty and discomfort.

Electroformed and Electroplated Copper, Lasercut Acrylic bangle from the Spring of 2014.