I grew up in a small coastal town in New Jersey, where beachcombing and collecting what the tide left behind shaped my early connection to the natural world. A short walk from home brought sand underfoot and salt air to my lungs, immersing me in the rhythms of the shoreline that continue to surface in my work.

During that time, my family owned a small business on the local boardwalk. I often wandered into the rock and shell shop next door, spending hours studying fossils and stones. With my allowance, I bought my first fossil there, beginning a lasting interest in natural history and how materials transform over time.

Years later, walking through the Pine Barrens, I discovered remnants of another landscape’s story: pieces of slag glass left from 18th- and 19th-century iron ore smelting furnaces. Left behind as a byproduct, they echo both the region’s industrial past and its shifting landscape.

With an MFA in Photography and a background in visual art education, I create jewelry with careful attention to form, material, and history, crafting pieces for those who find wonder in the textures, colors, and stories of nature.