Artist Statement

I create jewelry and objects to record personal narratives, making permanent the memory of past experience. By selecting symbolic materials—hair, glass, seeds, and pearls—and carefully capturing them into protective containers, I quietly elicit emotions and associations. These intimate lockets exhibit clear distinctions between interior and exterior, inviting interaction from the audience and provoking them to handle, discover, and recall their own private stories. While memory can deviate, be forgetful, or be altered, these physical objects serve as visceral reminders.