“These pieces were made to capture multiple forms of interconnectedness with and within the earth. The silver arm cuff and earrings were made by tracing lines I sketched from a specific current in the Niagara River, which struck me so clearly while I was hiking that I immediately stopped everything to sit and be with rushing water. I've always felt a deep and intrinsic connection to the natural world, and the moment that the river caught the sun and reflected it back at me was so emotionally intense that it fueled my artmaking for months. That one ripple, the connection I felt to the river when I glanced it through the trees, was the source for maybe a dozen poems and jewelry pieces. I experimented with texture and shape, trying to mimic the water as a form of communication with it. I wanted to incorporate its language into mine. I was practicing connection, over and over again.

In doing so, I found that my writing, metalwork, and other art forms began to merge more and were often iterations of each other; art is all interconnected, and the separation between jewelry and writing is a shallow distinction.

Finally, this arm cuff is a newer iteration of a bracelet originally commissioned by one of my partners for another partner of theirs, who I have a close relationship with. Every aspect of how I designed the bracelet was based around their unique energy and relationship to the water, which is a deep spiritual force in their life. I wanted the bracelet to feel embodied by them, and vice versa. It's been two years since I made that first bracelet, and they wear it nearly every day, constantly connecting us to each other and the community that brought the piece into the world."