My practice moves between jewelry and sculpture, guided by an interest in the connections that exist across cultures, histories, materials, and human experience. I draw inspiration from ancient adornment, architecture, artifacts, symbols, travel, and the natural world—particularly from the ways forms and ideas migrate, transform, and reappear across time and place.
Material and process are central to how I work. I am drawn to the transformation of materials and to the possibilities that emerge through making. Whether working at the intimate scale of jewelry or through sculpture, I often begin with an idea but allow experimentation and the physical process to influence where the work ultimately leads.
Living in different cultural environments and traveling extensively have shaped the way I see the world, deepening my awareness of both cultural differences and the connections that transcend them. My background in international relations further shaped this perspective and my fascination with cultural exchange and shared visual languages. Through abstraction and reinterpretation, these influences become part of my own vocabulary—one that explores the threads connecting people to one another, to history, and to the worlds we create and inhabit.
Process
Making is an integral part of my creative practice. I design and create each piece myself, allowing the materials, techniques, and discoveries that happen along the way to influence the final form.
I work primarily with bronze, silver, and concrete. In my jewelry, I use casting and fabrication techniques, often building forms directly in wax and shaping wax wire by hand before casting them in metal.
For my sculptures, I begin by constructing an internal structure from wire and metal mesh, which becomes the framework for the form. I then apply and shape a special concrete mixture directly by hand, gradually building the sculpture around this structure. I create the bronze elements separately in wax and cast them in bronze using the lost-wax process before bringing the materials together in the finished piece.
Experimentation is central to both my jewelry and sculpture. Learning a new technique or working with a different material often becomes a starting point for new ideas, allowing the process of making to lead the work in unexpected directions.
