Crafting Jewelry That Holds Energy, Meaning and Your Intentions
Life disconnected you from your power.
My art helps you call it back.
Modern society has evolved in a way that is set up to disconnect you from your authentic and natural self. This is done in so many tiny ways that you don't even notice. It has separated us from nature and from listening to our intuition. We become dependent on it and start searching outside of ourselves for answers. Over time, this suppresses our intuition and natural knowing, creating a disconnected feeling within.
My purpose is to reconnect you with your truth, to get you back to a place where you know without a doubt that you have the answers within yourself. I've spent years in this process of releasing limiting stories told to me about me. Stories like I can never have the life I want if I don't work myself into the ground, or nobody cares about anything I have to say. Most of this healing work was done alone. I know now it was so you wouldn't have to.
The Energetic Start
This journey back to myself is what shapes my work. My art is me and I am it. It evolves right alongside me. Hours spent with books on sacred geometry, symbolism, tarot, crystals and sigil art are the wells I draw from.
I've stretched and strengthened my intuition not by ignoring it, but by listening and surrendering to it. In the beginning that can look like taking a different way home because of a feeling or grabbing an umbrella even though it's sunny out. Now, I can intentionally call on it and use it as a channel to create. I meditate to receive the energy that wants to move through me and into form. Stones and symbols will pop into my head and I know my process has begun.
From Vision to Sigil
Each piece begins with a stone that calls to me. After I select the exact gems and crystals I will be creating with, I do another meditation holding onto them. This is followed by journaling anything that came to me during the meditation. For collections and talismans, my next step is to draw a sigil. A sigil is a symbol infused with a specific intention. I incorporate my chosen symbols in an artistic way that expresses the intention i have chosen. This sigil then becomes a visual tool for me to design the collection, or talisman, around.
Off Paper Onto Silver
After the sketching is complete, and templates have been made, it's time to enter my favorite space, my studio. For me, where I create is just as important as what I create. I have spent hours setting up this space to promote mindfulness. Sacred geometry and Sanskrit symbols adorn the floor and the walls. They help keep me in flow and connected to the present moment.
My art is made by hand and infused with part of my heart. Every cut of my saw and brush of flame creates something that cannot be duplicated by a machine. Each touchstone carries my time, attention and skill. Attention to detail, fueled by years of experience, ensures you will have a piece that lasts.
Want to see the process for yourself? Visit my Instagram for all the behind the scenes moments.
The Power in Imperfection
My jewelry is not perfect. There may be a stray tool mark I couldn't fully buff out. I'm learning that's okay and in fact, it's necessary. It takes me back to my beading days where I read a story in one of my many books about something called the green bead.
It spoke of a tradition in some Indigenous cultures of purposefully leaving a bead of the wrong color in a pattern. The notion being that it was made by a human and we are not perfect. That it was against their spiritual teachings to try to be as perfect as the divine. Though it's not my story, I have always held it in my heart with respect and reverence.
I want my jewelry to look like it was made by human hands, because it was. These imperfections are never structural and do not devalue my art, they give it soul. It is the gateway to connection and the space that cradles healing Reiki energy and your intentions. I hold gratitude in my heart the entire time I am at my bench and soldering station. When I infuse Reiki into my handmade jewelry, it feels different in such a special way. And I know you'll feel it too.