Decorate Everything. Color and Design are the Enemies of Evil.

My art is inspired by the archetypes and deities that I believe exist within us. In modern western life, opportunities to express the divine, mythical, royal or animalistic within us can be rare. When I create, I tap into a multiplicity of different expressions of life - deities, creatures, elements, historical figures. I sculpt and weave these qualities into crowns that evoke this magic in the wearer. I believe that something revolutionary happens when we take self-celebration and self-expression out into the world. I seek to heighten and elevate this radical self-expression with my creations.

My art engages my hands in a process that brings beauty and order into the world. As a child, I was obsessed with factors, numbers, patterns and fractals. I constantly played with math and spelling in my head, factoring out numbers and rearranging the letters of words to make new words. Something about this part of my brain finds peace in bringing items together in a flow of symmetry and harmony. 

I’m passionate about combining myriad materials in order to bring forth an archetype or power. I love sculpting with wire, fabric, and more to create a base; my decorations include luxury and antique fabrics, metal filigree, crystals and stones, beads, trim, found objects, vintage jewelry, personally significant items, bones and feathers (minimal and ethically sourced or reused as much as possible), and more.

For me personally, my most joyful moments have been when I dress up and rise above the mundanity that we fit ourselves into every day. If we’re aware that life is temporary, what do we truly wish to embody and express? What wants to come out and play? What uniqueness longs to be witnessed, if we move beyond self-doubt and into boldness? 

These are the qualities that I want to crown.