It Sings a Song of Sorrow
Touch and interaction are an inherent outcome in jewelry. I use ‘desire of touch’ as the basis for creating the work in my series “When…” With each piece, I try and find a balance between material and concept. My works…
woven or crocheted
Endangered Earth
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.
Untitled
Through my jewelry, I dive into the realm of emotions, driven by a creative process that weaves textures and patterns and informs the final design. My goal is to create pieces that exude strength and boldness, triggering an internal reaction….
Aguejetas (Ceci)
I explore the use of industrially made products to create jewelry that is simultaneously manufactured and handcrafted. I bridge the gap between these seemingly disparate modes of making in order to consider the role material, process, and people play in the production of things.
Object of Transition: Devotion #1
Creating work on loss, for well over a decade, has given me a unique perspective on compassion and enduring love. I am using the past work and ideas as a springboard to look deeply at what empathy means and what…
Till The Cows Come Home
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…
Tres Petals Brooch
As an artist, I embrace floral imagery, capturing life’s essence and cycles in my jewelry. Each bloom becomes a unique masterpiece, reminding wearers of their role beyond mere observers. Colors are my expressive language, conveying emotions, weather, and moods, enriching…
The Cyclades Revisited
Some of the first pieces we studied in Art History (1971) were the Cycladic sculptures from islands in the Aegean Sea, created between 3300 to 1100 BCE. I’ve always been intrigued by those faces with nothing more than a nose-like…
VK Spiral Stripe Orange & Blue Necklace
Viking knit is a form of metalworking I keep coming back to. Tactile, yet strong & flexible, I love the sleek look of classic shapes and strive to integrate hints of colour & unexpected textures. This torque style necklace is…
Roundmaille Transitions Necklace
I use simple hand tools to craft each piece of jewelry, one link at a time. The Roundmaille Transitions Necklace is woven from gold-filled and blackened titanium jump rings. One color dark, one bright. One metal heavy, one light. Both…
Nightingale Necklace
This necklace explores in tone and color the merging between earth and sky, and the gracefulness of a bird’s flight and song rising in the night. Pearls signify wisdom gained through experience and repetition, while the flash in labradorite is…
ILU
My artistic practice centers around personal history, connection and identity. I reflect on my experience as a Nigerian who has lived on three continents thus far and how those experiences have led to the deconstruction, reassembly and hybridization of my…
Metamorphosis #2
I delight in the magical surrealism of reality in nature. My designs are informed by studies of entomology, and life sciences, as well as experiences while living in the tropics and the desert. I savor researching and revisiting the realm…