When people ask me what I do,

my response is often predicated by the context...

who is asking and the environment in which the question is posed.

I am a welder, designer, structural fabricator, jeweler,

and occasionally I have the courage to reply that I am an artist,

but my default is simply to say,

I am a maker.

My primary body of work is fabricated from a high tensile strength, fine gauge stainless steel; a material which I've been exploring for nearly 20 years. The nature of this metal allows me to create deceptively strong, yet visually fragile and complex forms with very small diameter wires. I use an arc welding process at precise settings to join the metal, melting and fusing it together at the tiny joints. Although the welding of steel is typically considered industrial, I liken my process to the domestic act of sewing... stitching together the threads of metal to create larger forms. My approach of only using a very specific material is quite minimalist, but I engage with the metal and the welding process with multidisciplinary intent. My body of work spans from large scale art installation, to design driven functional items, to wearable and decorative pieces rooted in fine craft. Rarely does any single piece fit strictly into one of these categories, instead each exists somewhere on a continuum. That decrease in definition allows each field to cross-pollinate with and inform the others, and what has emerged is a distinctive visual identity across the facets in my purview of making.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2020. Windows on the Future. Taos, NM

2019. Gioielli in Fermento. Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy

2019. Milan Design Week. Outsidelounge. Galleria Rossini. Milan, Italy

2018. Compendium. Solo Show. Harwood Museum of Art. Taos, NM

2018. Sieraad Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition. Amsterdam, Netherlands

2018. NYC Jewelry Week. Earrings Galore. Heidi Lowe Gallery. New York, NY

2016. NYCKS. Exhibitor. New York, NY

2015. TWENTYTHOUSANDTHS. Solo Show. Taos, NM

2014. The Paseo, Dinner in the Dark. Taos, NM

2012. Taos Center for the Arts. Young Artists of Taos. Taos, NM

2011. Art Knife Invitational. Collaborator. San Diego, CA