'The Gauntlet' Cuff, 2004
22K Yellow Gold, 14K Yellow Gold inner band, Queensland Black Boulder Opals, Ruby, Inlaid with Black Jade, Chrysoprase, Coober Pedy Opal and Almandite Garnet.
Black Boulder Opals symbolize the warrior running the gauntlet flanked by the opposition wielding spears...a universal and timeless treatise on virtue and valor. Price upon request.
'Firenze' Bracelet, 2015
Sterling Silver, inlaid with Tiger Iron, Purple Agate and Cady Mountain Agate
'Best of Show' 2017 Saul Bell Design Awards.
Homage to the art and architecture of Florence, Italy...from the mosaic ceiling of the Baptistery to the bricks of Brunelleschi's dome to the captivating art of Pietra Dura. Price upon request.
'Fiori' Bracelet, 2008
Sterling Silver, inlaid with Imperial Red Jasper and Plume Agate.
Price upon request.
'Les Couleurs des Saisons' Bracelet, 2010
Sterling Silver inlaid with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Sugilite, Opal, Tiger Iron, Gaspeite, Rhodochrosite, Agates, Bloodstone, Coral, Fossilized Dinosaur Bone. My Lancaster County roots in an agrarian culture are revered in the changing colors of the seasons conveyed in 'The Center Diamond' Amish quilt pattern. Private Collection
'Skylights' Cuff, 2008
Sterling Silver with oxidation, Tourmalinated Quartz.
Wright's Unity Temple ceiling of recessed skylights initiated a series of works contemplating light, shadow and perspective. The strict geometry of architecture is in counterpoint to the random display of tourmaline in quartz...alluding to that which we can control and that which we cannot. Price upon request.
'The Edge' Bracelet, 2013
Sterling Silver with oxidation
Price upon request
'Duomo' Bracelet, 1996
18K Yellow Gold and Sterling Silver
My love of Renaissance architecture and disposition to Sacred Geometry coalesce in a quest for beauty.
Price upon request
'Bent Propeller' Cuff, 2007
Sterling Silver, 14K Yellow Gold, inlaid with Imperial Red Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Gold Scheen Obsidian, Black Obsidian
For the exhibition 'Memories of New York', Aaron Faber Gallery 2007; the work is a repository for those we honor and that which we will never forget.
Price upon request
'Heaven and Earth' Bracelet, 2003
18K Yellow Gold, inlaid with Australian Crystal Opal, Sugilite, Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Mook Jasper, Tiger Iron, Black Jade
Our everpresent quest for enlightenment is portrayed via light and perspective directing ones vision upward in this synthesis of the divine and the temporal. Private Collection
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