New work

'Thirsty' bottle opener, sterling silver, aluminum plates: This piece was inspired by one of those free plastic openers you get in cases of beer, to be specific, Dos Equis! Mmmmmm! Customized touches were added to the concept such as the metal screws in the corner to give an industrial feel. The brass 'opener' piece itself was salvaged from the original openers but some material needed to be placed in between the silver plates and around the opener for thickness. As I work at a print company, I was able to cut up a used alliminum plate for this purpose. To finish it off, a classic bold font engraving to personalize the bottle opener. Salud!



'Thirsty' bottle opener close up, sterling silver, aluminum plates: This close up shows the 6 layers of metal that make up the bottle opener.

'Thirsty' bottle openers, sterling silver, aluminum plates

Wave ring, 14K yellow gold

Handmade chain link bracelet, sterling silver, 14K yellow gold detail

Molecules, sterling silver, oxidized & coarse steel wool finish

Bubbles pendant, sterling silver, oxidized

Sterling Silver guitar pick necklace

Portfolio

Engagement ring 14k white gold + diamond


Wedding bands 14k white gold

Baby spoon ring: sterling silver, oxidized and brushed finish, front view

Back view

Art Deco interpretation: 18k yellow gold, spotted acrylic (to immitate tortiseshell)

Stone ring: sterling silver, black onyx

Cherries Jubilee: sterling silver chain and wire, black onyx, cherry quartz

Glass Woman: sterling silver wire, slumped glass

With glass piece removed

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'In Flight', 14k yellow gold, sterling silver: This piece was a school project, designing for a client. My designated client was girly and fun so after 10 pages of sketches, she chose this butterfly design. The intention, and I believe sucessful, was to make the ring three-dimentional and seem like the butterfly was ready to fly off the wearer's finger. Assembled from three different pieces; etched butterfly design on the silver, step-rolled/tapered square gold wire and thin round wire with flattened ends for the antenna. A final touch was added, but after this photo was taken: liver of sulpher to show the depth contrast of the butterfly detail. My family bought this ring for my Aunt in PEI as the butterfly is an important symbol in Mi'Kmaq culture.