I began my journey as an artist during my teenage years, working in a custom jewelry shop and taking classes in as many mediums as possible. I had decided at the age of 15 that I was to become an artist working in metal. The journey has led me to study metalsmithing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison  and beyond.
  Clients always ask where I learned my skills, and I have to include the two years I spent in Nepal making sculpture alongside the makers of Buddhist statuary in the Kathmandu Valley. In addition, there was the time I spent as a bench jeweler in New York, turning out rings and earrings by the hundreds (and occasionally thousands) for various designers.

Now that I work every day in my own studio, I have chosen the slow, but gratifying process of hand-fabricated jewelry. My day to day schedule includes making one-of a-kind engagement rings, new work for my current collections, groups of work for the galleries that represent me and most recently, wall pieces that incorporate jewelry techniques.

Elements that are drawn from very different environments in which have I have lived come together in this work. The motif of sensual curls have always been with me, but the imagery has been shaped by diverse sources. These include exposure to the art of Nepal and Tibet as a Fulbright scholar, my neighborhood in brownstone Brooklyn filled with wrought iron, and my fascination with Asian textile design. My other passion, dance, has led me to create a collection of jewelry that creates a stage presence for the wearer, letting them feel transformed by wearing these pieces.

When I am not making jewelry, I enjoy learning and performing various forms of dance, such as bellydance and Balinese traditional dance, as well as making dance costumes. I also occupy myself with exploring the food, languages, music and art of many countries in Asia.

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Selected Exhibition History

2009
Different Tempers, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, NC
State of the Art, Taboo Studio, San Diego

2008
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Bracelet Show, 3rd Ward Jewelry, Milwaukee
A Flourish of Gold, Kohler Art Center, WI
Summer Show, Perlow-Stevens Gallery, Columbia, MO
American Jewelry Design Council New Talent Award –finalist

2007
Art Jewelry 2007, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
200 Earrings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA

2005
NICHE Award Finalist

2004
COLLECT London, shown by Velvet da Vinci