Atelier is the French word for "workshop" or "studio", used by an artist or designer. This special space for creating, becomes a sanctuary for the artist, it is set a side from the regular world , so that inspiration is unhindered. Trained originally as a painter and sculptor, I found that jewelry was the marriage of the two mediums; the love of "color and light", joined to, "form and texture".

   So began my search for a style that created a tension between the grit of industrial object and something refined like gemstones. I also wanted to use my love for antique/vintage jewelry but to take it out of its idiom and expand it a bit with industrial, tribal, and modern references. This was a happy collision of sorts, as using vintage jewelry as a resource , I was also helping the planet by sourcing materials that were already produced and could be given a second life, thus reducing carbon foot print. 

   It's my hope that the art that goes into the jewelry will inspire the muse in you, to celebrate the "one of a kind" masterpiece that you are.