Ring, 2013
Sterling silver, glass; hand painted vitreous enamel, hand engraved, hand fabricated.
Though I have created other pieces that demonstrate more technical prowess, one of my favorites is The Conversation, a simple ring from 2023. It's a silver statement piece featuring a hand-engraved bezel and a hand-painted vitreous enamel focal point depicting a person in conversation with an empty chair. The engraved text is a line from an original poem, "I apologize to the upset sparrows in the buckthorn."
When I created this piece, I was experiencing the simultaneous dissolution of two lifelong friendships, and I think a sense of sudden abandonment comes through in this piece with gauzy expressivity. The buyer who acquired this piece shared the deeply personal meaning it held for her, which was completely different from my own– And this makes the piece all the more special to me.
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