Every year, thousands of desperate souls make the perilous journey through the dessert to cross the border towards the hope of better life. Many don’t make it. My series “Badges of Dishonor” commemorates the lost souls which made it to…
These flower pins are a symbol of sustainability & environmental awareness. They are constructed from post-consumer tin & plastic trash from food & product packaging. My commitment to “reuse” consumer waste started from a sense of social responsibility. These materials…
We enjoy using a common material to make uncommon works. We have chosen to work with anodized aluminum as the basis of our jewelry due to its light weight, strength and array of vibrant colors. Our work expresses balance and…
These paths have witnessed centuries of history. In this work, I reproduce the textures of the streets of Coyoacán in an attempt to bring the past closer to the present.
Steel cuff made using perforated steel, holding a Rutilated Quartz Gemstone set in a perforated steel bezel. The steel was deliberately lightly copper-plated to enhance the beautiful Rutilated Quartz, and sealed with metal wax to protect it from oxidation or…
Presenting a stunning necklace that draws its inspiration from the captivating allure of African ethnic culture. The necklace features gracefully carved colored wooden horns, beautifully polished with beeswax for an authentic touch. At the center of the necklace, a glass…
Flatpack Gemstones are a manifestation of the relationship between the actual and the desired. These gemstones are crafted from common and readily available paper. Through the technique of folding, the paper is transformed into intricate and multi-faceted three-dimensional objects that…
A fundamental aspect in my own work is the development of individual expression through metal. As a metalsmith I consider function to be an important aspect in my jewelry, wearable art and objects. I design jewelry that can be worn…
Title: Endangered Earth Materials: Electroformed Copper, Sterling Silver, Vitreous Enamel, Black Coral, Recycled Elephant Ivory Piano Key Concept: This brooch symbolizes the struggles, transitions and surprises of our planet earth and our entanglement in its wondrous, beautiful web.
I make work that focuses on macabre subject matter without sacrificing beauty and function, creating couture jewelry that caters to unique aesthetics in the market. My designs speak in terms of eccentricities and incorporate unsettling visuals. I am inspired by…
“Blue Shell & Branch” Brooch – reflects my interest with electro-forming and enameling. This piece is made from silver, copper, enameled copper mesh & pearls.
This ring was inspired by the 18th century European tradition of Lover’s Eye jewelry, in which the eye of one’s lover was replicated with miniature painting and then set into a piece such as brooch or ring- often ornamented with…
This is a mental image of a scene created by the brain through the process of combining two images received from both eyes. The finger sausage is the silliest yet easiest demonstration of this stereo-vision which brings into play perception…
“Hyperbolic Adornment (Implant Series III)” Artist Statement This series focuses on medical implants, the body, and embodied experience. These hand-fabricated objects glorify the highly individual and personal nature of prosthesis and surgeries, while evoking notions of memento mori and the…
Ximena’s current studio practice investigates landscape and topography as an expression of location and identity. Bush Baroque is the personal re-interpretation of Canberra’s landscape through a baroque lens, surrounded by centuries-old eucalyptus trees. In this body of work, Ximena returns…
Brie Flora fabricates wearable art and wall sculptures primarily out of steel, brass, and silver. Brie applies powder coat and illustrations to the surfaces, taking inspiration from folk art, fantasy, and nature to merge her love for drawing and metal…
Nature is my muse. She instills in me a visual vocabulary of endless possibilities that inform my aesthetics whatever form they take. All my pieces are sculptural studies—explorations of the structures, colors, patterns, and textures I encounter at the point…
This work detail is from a series comprised of 90 wooden brooches in unique boxes that serve as reliquary-like vessels to honor and house the wings of Monarch butterflies that were collected by Oklahoma State University scientists researching the Monarch…
I created this work in response to the multitude of vulnerable experiences I had as a mother of young twins. Filling the sac with liquid, protected only by a thin membrane is a metaphor for what it was like to…
Talisman V.8 is part of a series of brooches incorporating a beautiful memory chip, digitally printed aluminum, carved mammoth ivory (extinct), sterling and cubic zirconia. This brooch is 2 x 2.5 inches. Like all of the others in this series,…
As a child, it was a standard part of my life to spend time with my sister, Mother, and Great Aunts hanging clothes out on the clothesline to dry and returning hours later to retrieve and fold all the laundry….
I have a rare incurable degenerative collagen disorder called hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It causes many difficult symptoms, including unstable joints that dislocate extremely easily. In 2014, I had surgery to correct an agonizing dislocation in my left foot. My surgeon…
Through my work, I explore the quotidian, my everyday relationship with what surrounds me — little and intimate happenings or places that inspire me and become an intrinsic part of my work. How the experience of a place makes me…
Till The Cows Come Home, is an enameled brooch featuring a gel pen animal portrait framed by an adapted technique of plique-a-jour on crocheted wire. Worn close to the heart, this piece commemorates and memorializes the time I spent as…