Artist Statement
Corn and Bean sprouts from my 2009 garden
(photo: Eric Pedersen)
(photo: Eric Pedersen)
As a child my mother kept a very large, beautiful garden. She would plant colorful flowers and grow vegetables from seeds. After the long winter my mothers garden would come alive, the little pale green shoots seeming to have a pure innocence, unaware of the optimism they created. In a short time the empty earth would be celebrating, full of lush life, vibrant petals and bursting blooms.
It is in the garden that I find my inspiration, especially in the spring. The sprout, budding leaf, and seed pod are symbols I use deliberately in my practice. These elements of new life represent for me perseverance, potential and hope. I realize life has many winter seasons, but it is also full of cycles. When a spring season enters my life I choose to treasure it, and use it as a reminder for the future. By capturing different elements of nature and using them in my jewellery I am able to preserve what may only be here for a fleeting moment.
It is in the garden that I find my inspiration, especially in the spring. The sprout, budding leaf, and seed pod are symbols I use deliberately in my practice. These elements of new life represent for me perseverance, potential and hope. I realize life has many winter seasons, but it is also full of cycles. When a spring season enters my life I choose to treasure it, and use it as a reminder for the future. By capturing different elements of nature and using them in my jewellery I am able to preserve what may only be here for a fleeting moment.