Materials

I work primarily in 22kt gold. I love the rich glow of yellow gold. I personally alloy the 99.95% pure gold grains into a 22kt alloy. I then roll out, or draw down the gold into wire, and sheet to form the foundations of my pieces. I may use the wire to create handwoven chains, or the gold sheet to make bezels for the beautiful gemstones.

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I collect large variety of materials to work into my one-of-a-kind pieces.

Here is a small sample of those materials:

  • Grey Keishi beads
  • Natural Burmese Jadeite in Imperial green
  • Gray Jadeite
  • Hand-carved Chrysoprase
  • Carved Rock Crystal beads
  • Rhodolite Garnet beads
  • Rainbow Moonstone cabochons
  • Pink Tourmaline
  • Rose-cut stones and Natural rose cut Diamonds

I also use many found Objects such as antique buttons, or carved Mother of pearl gaming pieces.

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