Blue beaded earrings with gold hooks resting on a large brown rock among other rocks.

about

Colorful beaded earrings with pink, black, white, and clear beads hanging against a dark background.

my story

travel, ritual objects, old JEWELRY, textiles, stone, bone, devotional imagery, and years of collecting all shape the work.

process

black nomad grew out of years of travel, teaching collecting and making. india, tibet, africa, old jewelry, devotional objects, textiles, stones, bone, color- all of it finds its way into the beadwork eventually

influences

each piece is made slowly by hand. i work INTUITIVELY, often changing color, scale, or detail as the piece develops. ‘rePETITION is part of beadwork; sameness ISN'T.’