SKILLS

EXPERIENCE
JEWELRY
- design ideation / concept development
- color palette development
- hand-sketching / rendering
- computer-aided design (CADs)
- technical specs
​- hand manipulation / bench skills
- specialty card and packaging design

​OTHER
- interior design consultation
- color palette / spacial planning
- custom hand-bound journals / photo albums / baby books
- custom drawings
- 8+ years working in the fashion jewelry industry
- design for boutique stores, department stores, mass merchandisers
- experience with private label design & direct customer communication
- experience with specialty card, packaging and graphic design
- experience leading team of sample makers and daily workflow
- BFA in Interior Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design

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​​Creativity isn't just a path we choose.
​It's a life we choose to live.
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. . .

DESIGN LIFE

I spend most of my days building on-trend fashion-forward jewelry collections that beautifully complement the human form. With jewelry, everything is in the details - the iridescence and sparkle of the stones, the smooth polish of the metal as it brushes against the skin, the movement of light and shadow as the piece drapes across the body - all of those add up to the final finishing touches on the architecture of the body.

Humans have been ornamenting the body for centuries - there is so little that is truly new. So each piece of jewelry then becomes a challenge of reinvention - a beautiful conundrum of boldness and balance.
I revel in that beauty.

Designing jewelry is like putting the finishing touches on the architecture of the body - understanding how each piece comes to life in three-dimensions and how it will interact with it's environment - the human form.

GALLERY

I thrive in moments of CREATIVE CROSS CONTAMINATION
and find that it is in the intersection of creative disciplines 
that the most inspiring work emerges.

SPOTLIGHT: Accessories Magazine
Featured in the May 2014 and June 2014 issues.

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