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:: ARTIST
STATEMENT
My work is organic
and inventive. The objects I make are tactile and tranquil. Mentored
by the New England coastline and ocean, I gather insights into
the earth's abounding beauty and awe, leading me to paths of
my own creativity. The use of found stone and the adornment of
it with valuable materials is reflective of my passion for metalsmithing,
experience as a jeweller and my love of nature. Embellishment
of the stones is achieved with tension settings and inlays. Accompanying
the stones are pieces of sterling, stainless steel, bronze or
gold, these pieces are either pierced, hand forged or cast. Our
societies' ever-evolving relationship with the environment is
present at many levels throughout my work. Sometimes simple,
undisturbed, graceful and beautiful at other times altered embellished
and stamped with the imprint of human interaction.
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