Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon... I dream about the periodic table. Copper, silver, and gold all sharing family traits and sometimes they can be persuaded to share electrons. Who doesn't want something made out of electrum?

Reclaimed from everywhere... flotsam and jetsam together with forged or cast recycled silver and gold. People give me things, and I hate waste. So arises my personal form of phoenix.

Nothing lasts more than a moment, including us. These pieces are silver and (sometimes fragile) organic material, and yes, they come and go. Maybe two wearings, maybe two hundred; no guarantees. Smoke, wind, seaweed. These are not just reminders of the natural world- they ARE the natural world. Memento mori!

Jewelry doesn't always have to make a giant statement. Tiny things draw the eye in their own quiet way. Tiny adornments can be effortless. Beads, glitter... wait, what IS that??

Just what it says. Things that coalesce from I don't know where. Things that don't fit into other categories. Magic.

Plants and animals. (duh)

Making jewelry isn't exactly political activism (although some artists do manage to do that, bless them). It can be hard to know how to give back. My answer is to design pieces for causes I care about. If you buy one, I give them 20% of what you pay. It's not rocket science, but it works.

The odd thing that makes me especially / irrationally happy.