narcise

Wood & metal. Fiber, stone & bone.
I was raised near St. Louis and come from a family of makers. From upholstery and furniture building to sewing (and sowing), I've had the benefit of being surrounded by multiple generations of family who are skilled in their craft and eager to teach the next generation. Narcise is the outlet for my own need to make by combining the materials and techniques of those who came before me in ways they never imagined. My pieces are entirely hand-crafted by me using pre-refiner reclaimed/re-cycled metals, wood scrap from guitar manufacture, sustainably hand-harvested botanicals, foraged horn and quartz that is sustainably mined on a small family-owned and operated mine in central Arkansas. I hope you'll love owning it as much as I love making it.

“I tend to work in series, immersing myself in technique and process until I exhaust every last bit I have to give to it, and it to me. Each series, whether jewelry, accessories, wooden vessels or otherwise, may contain between 50-200 pieces. When a series is done, I take what I’ve learned as a starting point for refining the processes and techniques that will inform the next series. I nearly never begin the prototypes for a series with a solid sense of the finished product. Rather, through immersing myself within the processes, I’m able to select and layer those that produce an outcome that pleases me.”