THE COLLECTION

MY JOURNEY INTO METALSMITHING BEGAN AS A CURIOSITY ABOUT CONTRASTS, HOW MATERIALS AS RIGID AND STUBBORN AS METAL COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO DESIGNS SO FLUID AND COMPLEX. I DECIDED TO PURSUE A DEGREE BECAUSE I WANTED TO TURN THAT CURIOSITY INTO MY OWN PHYSICAL PIECES, BUT I SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BRIDGE THAT GAP YET. AFTER GETTING MY DEGREE IN METALSMITHING FROM COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, MY GOAL WAS TO TAKE THOSE REFINED SKILLS AND TRANSLATE THEM INTO A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE THAT COULD SUPPORT ME, ALLOWING ME TO FOCUS ENTIRELY ON BALANCING TRADITIONAL HAND-FABRICATION WITH MODERN INNOVATION. NOW, I TRY TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT METAL CAN DO USING TRADITIONAL METHODS, BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN'T ALWAYS GET THE RESULT I WANT, SO I UTILIZE 3D MODELING TO DEVELOP COMPLEX FORMS THAT ARE CAST TO ACHIEVABLE STRUCTURAL DEPTH BEYOND TRADITIONAL LIMITS. MY DESIGN LANGUAGE IS NATURALLY DRAWN TO GEOMETRY AND SYMMETRY. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO STRAY FROM THOSE LINES, THEY INEVITABLY FIND THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE WORK. YOU CAN SEE THIS TENSION CLEARLY IN MY UNCUT COLLECTION, WHERE RAW, INDUSTRIAL INSPIRATION STILL CARRIES THE BALANCED, GEOMETRIC WEIGHT THAT DEFINES MY STYLE. MY WORK SPANS A WIDE RANGE OF JEWELRY AND OBJECTS. I FIND THE MOST FULFILLMENT IN THE INTRICATE ART OF HANDMADE CHAINS; THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUELY THERAPEUTIC ABOUT THE PROCESS. RECENTLY, I STARTED INCORPORATING STONES INTO MY WORK TO BRING A SENSE OF ELEGANCE AND WHIMSICALNESS TO THE DESIGNS. EACH PIECE, WHETHER A COMPLEX CHAIN OR A STONE-SET RING, IS A REFLECTION OF MOMENTS AND MEMORIES THAT SHAPE ME. WITH ALL THAT SAID, THE STORY DOESN'T END WITH ME. THE MOST REWARDING PART OF THE PROCESS IS SEEING THE UNIQUE LENS A CUSTOMER GIVES TO A PIECE, ADDING THE FINAL, MOST IMPORTANT LAYER TO ITS NARRATIVE.