When the body interacts with objects, it elevates them both from merely being about to being.

Gazed Gazes

2019

eye piece

Medium: sterling silver, fiberglass (pink)

Dimensions: 7″ x 4.5″ x 3.5″

Photo credit: Michael Arrigo

Verbal Abuse

2019

head piece

Medium: copper, brass

Dimensions: 20″ x 12″ x 9″

Photo credit: Michael Arrigo

Defenseless

2019

(a series of two)

Medium: Copper, fiberglass (pink)

Dimensions of shoulder piece: 12″ x 12″ x 9″

Dimensions of neck piece: 11″ x 8″ x 7″

Photo credit: Michael Arrigo

Petrified Tears

2019

eye piece

Medium: sea salt, sterling silver

Dimensions: 4.5″ x 2″ x 1.5″

Photo credit: Tom Muir

Burst

2018

neck piece

Medium: sterling silver, fiberglass (pink)

Dimensions: 18″ x 9″ x 5″

Photo credit:

Tim Thayer (product shot)

Michael Arrigo (model shot)

Voice

2018

neck piece

Medium: nu-gold, transparent resin (for 3D printing)

Dimensions: 12″ x 8″ x 3″

Photo credit: Tim Thayer

The Season 16 Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 2021

Director’s Award, In Art Gallery, 2020

Juror’s Award for Jewelry, Craft Forms 2019

Ed Honton Memorial Award, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Best of 2019

Breathe For Me

2018

Medium: copper, clear resin (for 3D printing), string LED lights

Dimensions: 11″ x 6″ x 5″

Photo credit: Tim Thayer

Sinkhole

2018

double finger ring

Medium: sterling silver

Dimensions: 3″ x 2.5″ x 2″

Photo credit: Tom Muir

First Place Prize, Forge Form Fabricate, Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society, 2018

Bunny Ears

2017

ring

Medium: nu-gold, sterling silver

Dimensions: 1.75″ x 1″ x 0.5″

Photo credit: Tim Thayer

Scholarship Award, Ohio Designer Craftsmen Best of 2018

Pinched

2017

ring

Medium: sterling silver, clothes pins (colored)

Dimensions: 2.5″ x 2.5″ x 0.3″

Photo credit: Tom Muir