COMPLETELY HANDMADE
Dedicated to quality
When you're looking for something special, it's nice to know where it comes from and who made it.
Making art has been my focus and path as long as I can remember. I loved all the usual mediums but my favorite was making tiny figures and working in clay. In 2005 I had hopes of becoming an art teacher and was in the middle of pursuing a fine arts degree. My professors were always scolding me for working too small and detailed, and not on huge canvases with huge brushes and huge designs.
When I took a job that summer as a bench jeweler I knew I had found the medium for me. It was perfect. Being able to combine my love for intense detail and sculpture into metal and wax carving has been incredible. After nearly a decade of working in the industry and making other people's designs, I finally made the leap to start this business and became fully self employed in 2014. I love making jewelry, and I just can't seem to stop. So, feel free to benefit from my compulsion. I know I do.
MY PROCESS
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Sculpting and wax work
Using special kinds of waxes that are specifically for jewelry making, I will carefully and painstakingly sculpt and carve my pieces. This is what the pieces look like before I bring them over to my local casting company so they can turn them into whatever metal I need. The technique is called lost wax casting, and it's an ancient and fascinating process. You can give it a read on Wikipedia if you're curious.
Hand Fabrication
Sculpting the piece isn't always the best method, so I will often saw, grind, hammer, shape, and solder my pieces into being. This is a messy and exciting process. It's very satisfying looking back at a piece you created out of raw materials like wire and sheet metal.
