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Big Red Chunker Brooch – composite and epoxy resin, paint, nickel silver

‘Quicky ‘

bulbate succulum

Cordyceps (brooch) 2009

‘Ramus‘ (brooch) 2008, composite and epoxy resin, paint, ink, nickel silver

‘clot’ brooch

‘man of war’ pendant

‘Pomum Fuchsin ‘

« Epiphytic Capsularis, » (brooch) 2009

‘Nugget’ – « …..I think the color just looks so vivid because of the way neon colors/resin react inside the cloud dome. it doesn’t literally glow in person, but it is traffic cone orange »

« While attending this year’s SNAG Conference in Houston, a chronic nagging question was amplified. What, exactly, is it that I do ? In passing conversations I never seem to be able to explain it to any acceptable degree without endless digressive hurdles. In the simplest terms I set out with the word “jewelry” though even this is a personal conversational concession. The litany of descriptors we can now alter jewelry with can leave a person breathless – art jewelry, contemporary jewelry, sculptural jewelry to name a few. Casual conversations always include “no, I don’t make that kind of jewelry”. And when I start using phrases like “abstract life forms” and “composite resin” people’s faces screw into frustration. When I’m feeling less motivated I just say “I make jewelry out of plastics . . . various plastics”. But it feels condescending both to whomever I’m speaking with, and what it is I like about my work. I’ve spent nine years and borrowed tens of thousands of dollars for two degrees – a BFA with the words “Metalsmithing and Jewelry Making” at the end and an MFA with the alternate “Jewelry and Metal Arts” attached. But I find none of this mixing and matching of terminology to be of any help when trying to actually articulate what it is I do with all of my time. »