JEWELLERY
Jewellery as storytelling. Small sculptures that are necessarily about touch and specialness. A selected portfolio from 2020.
Μέδουσα
Sterling silver & bronze
Commission, Summer 2020
The name "Medusa" comes from an Ancient Greek word meaning "to protect, to rule over." That is the Medusa I carved. Based on the classical myth, "Le Rire de la Méduse" by Hélène Cixous, and my own personal understanding of Medusa's story. The bronze in this ring was melted from an old bronze coin that had been given to my client as a gift by another artist.
Notice the silver eyes and bronze inlay on the back of the ring.
777 Ring
Sterling silver
Commission, Autumn 2020
A collaboration with artist STEEP Daniels, artist and founder of the 777overcoming initiative. Learn more at http://steepdaniels.com/
Steep and I know each other from being involved in the street art scene in Toronto’s Kensington Market. He knew me for selling jewellery on the sidewalk. I knew him as a portrait artist. Turns out we both had a lot more going on.
When we first talked about this ring, Steep had too many irons in the fire for me to list here - from organizing skydiving trips with Drake and patients at Sick Kids, to his first painting retrospective with Broken Cage Gallery. I wanted to make a ring with lots of gravity to help keep him grounded in the midst of that storm. This is the kind of ring a king would use to stamp his wax seals.
This is part of a small edition available for sale through STEEP Daniels.
Reliquary Ring
Sterling silver & antique gold
Commission, Summer 2020
