BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Born and growing up on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia, I was introduced at a young age to the art and craft of jewellery. Coming from a family history full of jewellers and artists, my appreciation of the art of jewellery making grew early and lead me to pursue a career as a jeweller and designer.

My jewellery designs originally drew influence from nature and the organic world that surrounded my childhood, but while attending the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, I participated in an exchange study in Birmingham, England, and my work has never been the same since. The knowledge I gained and the new outlook of jewellery I acquired have led me to pursue a new method of working and thinking. While not abandoning traditional jewellery techniques, I use these techniques in somewhat non-traditional ways and create pieces based on form and function.

To question the nature of jewellery is extremely important in my design process and the work that I create reflects that, and tries to provoke that question to the wearer.