Etsy

Growing up in Vancouver Canada I was always the creative kid with more ideas then words to express them and more miles of wax crayon drawings then any kid in the neighborhood. Though I have changed my medium I am still a prolific artist and my vocabulary still doesn’t keep up with my mind.

While still in High School my art instructor noticed my creative talents and worked diligently to mold me into a full time artist. I had many conversations about this with Mr. Art Posi (Yes my art teachers name was Art). The last one ended with me letting him know I had no desire to be broke and starving. I went into sales and quickly found a niche selling roofs in Park City, Utah for Nielco Roofing and Sheet Metal.

Many of the roofs I sell are either copper or at least have copper flashings. As a result of all these copper roofs Nielco has drums and pallets full of copper scrap waiting to be recycled. After years of walking by these I decided to see what I could create out of all this chaos. I started working with chemicals and heat finding all the interesting things I could make copper do. One day I got the idea to weave two of these test pieces together and well OpusOne was created.

That was June of 2008. I have been weaving copper ever since. I love to explore shapes and colors and see what I can create from two pieces of scrap. Wall hangings, free standing sculptures, mobiles and even jewelry have all flowed from the simple idea of weaving copper.

I look forward to the creative process of exploring shape, contrast, color and movement. Some of the words that have been used to describe my work include, organic, alive, feminine, sensual and (one of my favorite) full of motion. I now find myself on a journey to discover and uncover all the beauty I can from this exciting medium. Please join me in this process by following my ever growing body of reclaimed metal art.