Why fit in when you were born to stand out?!
Christian wife, mother, grandmother and jewelry designer- life is beautiful- go spread the word!
I'm a self-taught jewelry artist with over 30 years of experience creating one-of-a-kind handcrafted pieces. My work reflects decades of exploring design, craftsmanship, and creativity, with each piece made individually by hand by me!
Assemblage jewelry and wearable textiles are made using pre-loved pieces of jewelry, toys, artifacts, vintage fabrics, and anything of interest that I find everywhere and anywhere; garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales, etc. My husband and I love to travel and thrift! They might show signs of wear, may be discolored, misshapen, missing pieces, broken, etc. but I see so much potential in what other's see as not perfect. I fix them, repurpose them, or totally change them and then assemble them with new and old items to form a new one-of-a-kind piece that no one else will ever have one of; your very own wearable art! My goal is to find beauty in the “outcasts & unloved” items of yesteryear. The final product is unused and unworn. These assembled pieces are then packaged in my own original packaging and sent to you!
Adorned Crown started over 30 years ago on the beaches of Hawaii, picking up shells and making jewelry which I sold to the tourists; it continued when I moved to Maine where I learned to weave tiny seed beads into all sorts of shapes like teapots and carrots! It is there also that I learned how much I love crazy quilting and mixed media jewelry by making small wearable art pouch necklaces. My art has changed over time just as I have and it encompasses my love of color and shapes and textures. My favorite word is "juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect." I view assemblage art as making and marrying pieces that weren't ever meant to be together but look as if they can never be apart now.
I stand by my work and if you ever need anything, please reach out. I can do custom orders as well. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for supporting small businesses and artists!!
