Artist statement
I have always made things with my hands. My mother was an artist and would teach art classes and instead of getting childcare she would sign me up for one of the adult art classes happening while she taught. I took a batiking course when I was 11, an eyewear design course when I was 13. It forced me to be mature and take the work seriously but I was also always playing. That has never changed.
Once I found metal I knew it was my medium. The way it refuses to move between your fingers unless you know just the right way to convince it. The way it holds the record of each hammer strike, how it shines and rusts and warms to our body.
I have always been inspired by the beauty that sits just outside the devastated. My work finds joy and play on the darker side of things, Looking for balance and a silver lining. Delicate designs that allow the makers marks to sit upon the metals surface, reminding and celebrating that it was made by hand. Finding beauty in imperfections. I am lucky my work continues to evolve, delight and challenge me.