Carrying the Lessons Forward

After doing a bit of housekeeping on my new site, I found myself revisiting the page about My Journey. Looking at those early pieces again reminded me just how much this path to becoming a jewelry artist has been shaped by the lessons I learned along the way. I don’t call them “boo‑boos,” but some of them came close. Each one taught me something I needed to know.

As a young person, I intended to be an artist. Life had other plans, and for a long time I assumed I’d return to the arts someday, when there was finally time. Jewelry was the last thing I expected. But jewelry found me. It knew before I did that this was the right art form for me — the one that would let my hands, my eye, and my sense of story work together.

I love creating, but I also love making — the rhythm, the problem‑solving, the quiet conversation between metal, color, and form. Those early experiments, missteps, and small triumphs shaped the artist I am now. And as I move into this new phase, with a clearer voice and a more intentional studio, I’m carrying those lessons with me.

If you feel like looking through those early chapters, they’re there — the beginnings that still shape my work today.

I’m grateful you’re here, walking this part of the path with me.