I ride my fixie everywhere I go. I spend a great deal of time around heat, machinery, dirt, and grease. IN my free time, I run around in the woods climbing. All this has limited my fashion choices, and at this point I wear carrharts and blundstones and cotton tees. As a metalsmith, and trained as a jeweler, I found it impossible to wear any jewelry. And so Vagabond Jewelry was born- Jewelry that, just like your favorite workjeans, is tougher than your skin, and fits well enough that you don't need to worry about it getting caught. I test every new design under rigorous circumstances, such as climbing rocks, and making attempts to do cartwheels, and if there is any reason I think any individual piece will in any way inhibit your movement, I will make note of it in the description.

Exhibitions:

5/07 Somerville Open Studios. Somerville, MA
11/05 Good Bird/Bad Bird. Contemporary Craft Museum. Portland, OR. Juried by Marcia MacDonald, Namita Wiggers, and Mary Lou Zeek.
6/05 Senior Exhibition. Godine Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art.
4/05 All School Show. Brandt Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Departmental exhibition. Curated by small metals department.
2/05 First Annual Juried Show. Blackstone River Gallery. Woonsocket, RI. Juried by Lesle Bostrom, Ruth Frisch Dealy, and Beth Galston
11/04 Small Works Show 2004. artSPACE@16. Malden, MA. Juried Group Exhibition. Curated by Leah Oates.
5/04 Doors. Courtyard. Massachusetts College of Art. Solo Installation piece.
4/04 Elements. Brandt Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Departmental exhibition. Curated by small metals department.
2/04 Organic Matters. Tower Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Juried group exhibition. Curated by Jackie Martell and Liz Alexander.
5/03 All School Show. Brandt Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Departmental exhibition. Curated by small metals department.
6/00 “Home”. Gallery Thirteen. Danbury, CT. Juried group exhibition. Curated by Art Lab

Educational Experience:
9/02-6/05 Massachusetts College of Art
Major: Metals (fine arts 3D)
Additional coursework in: foundry, welding, forging
Studied with: George Greenmyer, Joe Wood, Heather White, Reid Drum

1/01-6/01 Kent State University. Studied small metals under Kathleen Brown

9/00-6/00 Oberlin College. Studied towards a degree in physics.

7/99-8/99 Studied site specific sculpture at La Suerta Field Station in Costa Rica through Miami University

Teaching Experience:
9/03-present Teaching Assistant to George Greenmyer at Mass Art. I specialize in teaching waxworking, sprueing, and finishing, but also maintain the shop, slurry, and furnaces.

Internships:
9/96-6/00 Docent at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT under Nina Carlson