PERSONAL, INTENTIONAL, POWERFUL
My first memory of being obsessed with gold jewelry was when King Tut's tomb had just been discovered.
I went to the exhibit they put on at the Met, and after that I spent months building pyramids out of sugar cubes, with tops that lifted off and interior chambers that I lined with felt and populated with tiny golden objects.
For the Egyptians, the pyramids' shape symbolized the rays of the sun. The rays served as a ramp to the sky, so mortals could aspire to one day join the sun on its daily journey of rebirth
I'm still obsessed with the pyramids and all that luscious gold. The ancient mythology and iconography of the sun is the inspiration for the SunLit collection.
Visiting the pyramids at Giza in Egypt - where I took this photograph - was a lifelong dream fulfilled and a deep source of visual language for the collection.
The sun is life, warmth, and growth. Its gravity holds the planets together. Its light feeds the plants that feed the animals, including us. The sun is pure, light-giving, life-affirming, positive power. Like so many ancients before me, I strive to capture the essence of that power in precious objects that can be worn and carried close.
I sculpt and texture each piece by hand, combining recycled 22-karat gold and precious gems and metals to create personal talismans that hold memory and meaning.
Light, hope, transformation. Powerful qualities for a special jeweled talisman.
Your jewels are a message to the world, just as rays are messages of the sun.
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