I spend my time at my work bench or in Nature as much as possible, not on the computer. I look for inspiration in the moon, stars and trees that surround my home. I am inspired by old hair jewelry and art, as well as the stories I grew up reading.

Inspiration comes from anywhere and from many things. Sometimes it comes as softly as a flutter of fairy wings, and at other times like a bolt of lightening. You just learn to flow with it.

I started creating at a very young age. My first hair jewelry was just that, jewelry that I made work for my hair, so that I could feel like a fairy-tale heroine.

According to my mom, I have been creating my own style of fashion since I was little, with a strong sense of design and beauty.

I fell in love with metal work as a preteen and began forging metal as soon as I could wield a hammer. And from there I just worked hard on growing as an artist.

I had the good fortune to spend a great deal time in many great museums at an impressionable age, which has helped to define my sense of aesthetics and love of beauty with function.

That is what I strive to share with my hair adornments, function and beauty. Just as the artists of the Arts and Crafts movement wanted all design to have beauty as well as function, to bring joy to it's user.

I strive for each item to show the time and care that I put into each one, so that they will last and last, while continuing to bring joy.