Studio Journal: Updates, Insights, and Tales from My Life
Step into my Studio Journal, where glitter meets grit and every day brings a new adventure in jewelry-making. From behind-the-scenes chaos to little sparks of inspiration (and the occasional cat cameo), this is where I share the stories, insights, and mishaps that make life in the studio anything but ordinary.
Chasing Cheese: What Being an Artist Taught Me About Adaptation
Have you ever heard the story Who Moved My Cheese? (I’m not even sure I have the title exactly right, but you get the idea.) It’s about two mice navigating a maze in search of cheese. Every day, the scientists put the cheese in the same spot, and the mice run through the maze and eat it.
Then one day, the cheese is gone. The mice retrace the same steps that always worked, but no luck—no cheese. Finally, one of the mice tries a different path and finds it. The other mouse refuses to try anything new and keeps coming up empty.
The moral is simple: to keep finding the cheese, you have to be willing to adapt.
Why I’m Starting a Blog & Our Conversation on Philly Has heART
Why I’m Starting a Blog
I’ve been making my work for years — creating pieces that never existed before, exploring form, texture, and color, and shaping one-of-a-kind objects that I hope bring a little magic into someone’s everyday life. I love what I do, and I’m endlessly fascinated by the materials, the process, and the small discoveries that happen at the bench every day.