This journal documents my many interests within the realm of making. While I am first and foremost a jeweler and a metalsmith, I have delved deep into other mediums and processes. Each new process informs my work in other mediums as the lines are blurry between skill sets and materials. The desire to collaborate and explore keeps my process alive and elastic.

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Salt & Pepper

Let’s explore one of my favorite alternatives to the classic, flawless round brilliant cut diamonds that have dominated the engagement ring industry for generations. While I do love an excellently proportioned timeless diamond with its perfect facets and mind boggling sparkle, I have to profess my love for the wildness and individuality that a salt and pepper diamond has to offer.

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Custom Jewelry Update

2023 has been full of custom projects! It has been such a pleasure to bring the images in your imagination to life. Making custom jewelry is a great way to challenge myself to make things I have not considered before, or to learn new skills altogether. It is a great way for me to practice techniques that I would otherwise let rust.

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A Joyful Collaboration

One of my favorite parts about running a small business is getting to know other creatives who are hiking the same mountain, as it were. Two such amazing businesses joined me in bringing this colorful vision filled with queer joy to life.

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The Fall 2020

Through incremental steps and brief moments of creativity, I have gathered together a new batch of jewelry for fall to attempt at a little autumn cheer. Jewelry for The Fall as it were. So you can look amazing as the world falls to pieces.

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Mica Monocle

The desire to bring life into the inanimate is the main underlying theme in my pieces. Whether a piece can move on its own, or be utilized and interacted with, the movement and mechanics are of the utmost importance to me.

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Weaving

I have always had a knack for strings… I spent outrageous amounts of time as a child making bracelets, knitting, finger weaving… etc. I even happily spent four hours untangling a horrible 60 yard mess of worsted cotton yarn.

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Circuit Board Cocktail Collar

Introducing the most spectacular collaboration with TechWears! An elegant circuitboard cocktail necklace made with timeless metalsmithing techniques and an innovative technological twist.

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