Work
Immersion
The wearable sculpture in this series wraps around and engages various parts of the body, creating a similar tactile experience of looking back at my childhood memories on my father's land.
Cattail Immersion
This piece was made from sheet and wire copper. I hammer textured blades of grass and fabricated a tube out of sheet to make a cattail, then I soldered all of the pieces to a base wire.
This piece was made from sheet and wire copper. I hammer textured blades of grass and fabricated a tube out of sheet to make a cattail, then I soldered all of the pieces to a base wire.
Fern & Moss Immersion
I fabricated the sterling silver fern by sawing out each leaf and hammering a texture on the leaves, then soldering them all to a sterling silver square wire base. I hand made the felt and dyed it olive and hunter green. The base of the bracelet is made up of copper domed discs and each is connected by a linen cord.
I fabricated the sterling silver fern by sawing out each leaf and hammering a texture on the leaves, then soldering them all to a sterling silver square wire base. I hand made the felt and dyed it olive and hunter green. The base of the bracelet is made up of copper domed discs and each is connected by a linen cord.
Coral Immersion
The wave and tube coral is forged out of copper sheets. I hammered the sheet into a cone to make the tube coral. The fan coral is made out of sterling silver wire. Each piece of coral is soldered to a sterling sliver square wire base. I hammered spacer rivets to connect each piece of square wire to create some movement in the neck piece.
The wave and tube coral is forged out of copper sheets. I hammered the sheet into a cone to make the tube coral. The fan coral is made out of sterling silver wire. Each piece of coral is soldered to a sterling sliver square wire base. I hammered spacer rivets to connect each piece of square wire to create some movement in the neck piece.
Artist Statement
Some memories from my childhood are so vivid that when I close my eyes and reminisce, I feel as if I have just stepped into the Carolina sun. It’s August and I’m running around barefoot outside. I can feel the mucky pond mud squishing between my toes. In the shade of the trees, my fingertips brush along the jagged edge of a fern as my eyes search for the perfect bed of moss.
I remember so clearly. My mind and body were so fully engaged in these moments that I became a part of the wooded hills, and the wooded hills became a part of me. This immersive experience began long ago, and it continues today.
For this series, the body is immersed in my depiction of these memories. In these pieces you will notice the repetition of natural patterns forged out of metal. I am draping the body in sculpture-like jewelry to share a sense of complete immersion I still feel when I close my eyes and feel the sun on my skin, the mud in my toes, and the wind through my hair.
If I wasn’t so completely present in those woods as a child, I don’t think these memories would be so alive. This understanding is what lead me to feature the wearer of these pieces as prominently as the pieces themselves.
The cattail piece wraps around the ankle and leg like the mud wrapped around my toes as I ran around the pond.
And, as the wearer slides on the fern and moss bracelet, the wearer becomes embraced with natural forms, which creates the similar tactile experience of reminiscing about my childhood.
I remember so clearly. My mind and body were so fully engaged in these moments that I became a part of the wooded hills, and the wooded hills became a part of me. This immersive experience began long ago, and it continues today.
For this series, the body is immersed in my depiction of these memories. In these pieces you will notice the repetition of natural patterns forged out of metal. I am draping the body in sculpture-like jewelry to share a sense of complete immersion I still feel when I close my eyes and feel the sun on my skin, the mud in my toes, and the wind through my hair.
If I wasn’t so completely present in those woods as a child, I don’t think these memories would be so alive. This understanding is what lead me to feature the wearer of these pieces as prominently as the pieces themselves.
The cattail piece wraps around the ankle and leg like the mud wrapped around my toes as I ran around the pond.
And, as the wearer slides on the fern and moss bracelet, the wearer becomes embraced with natural forms, which creates the similar tactile experience of reminiscing about my childhood.
