Born in 1965, I grew up along Philadelphia’s mainline. I attended The Haverford School and then Cornell University majoring in Anthropology with a minor in photography. From there, following a circuitous route of book making, creating mosaics, studying photography, working in art galleries, competing in and coaching rowing, working in art transport, I eventually landed at Caleb Meyer studio learning jewelry production at the bench. Focusing on the traditional skills of hand forging, fabricating and casting in gold, platinum and silver, I produced fine jewelry with precious and semi-precious stones. After a few years I went out on my own selling through galleries and private commissions and then paused for a decade plus to go into real estate development. I’ve now started back at Caleb Meyer’s a couple of days a week and I’m back producing my own work. I’ve also recently been involved in helping to set up the dedicated jewelry galleries at the Woodmere Museum, which I have found very rewarding.
My work pulls from a disparate collection of resources including natural forms, art from different cultures, reactions to stones or whatever scraps are lying around the bench. I enjoy letting the piece tell me where it wants to go and just see what happens.
