Fine Beadwork

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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly mounted on Osage Orange

9″ h x 10″ w x 5″ d on mount
Brooch: Glass seed beads woven with thread, gems, sterling silver wire
Mount: Osage Orange wood, 23k gilding, bronze wire
Completed 4/4/23
Currently NFS

Crecropia Giant Silk Moth Brooch

4″ h x 6.5″ w x .5 d
Glass seed beads woven with thread, gems, sterling silver wire
Completed 2/2/25
NFS

Polyphemus Giant Silk Moth Brooch on Maple Bark Mount

15″ h x 10″ w x 3″ d
Brooch: Glass seed beads woven with thread, gems, sterling silver wire
Mount: Scavenged maple bark, lichen, wood, bronze wire
Completed 2/1/22
$1500
Note: Ohio Arts Council Award for Excellence Ohio State Fair Cox Fine Arts 2023

Eye Of God Mirror

55″ h x 27″ w x 7″d
Mirror: Reverse gilded glass mirror, 23k, bronze wire, surrounded by wildcraft sculpture and set with several removable wearable beaded brooches
Brooches: glass seed beads woven with thread, sterling silver wire or 14k gold fill wire, gems
Competed 4/22/24
NFS
Note: Completed with funds from the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Artist Supply Grant

Luna Giant Silk Moth Brooch

11″ h x 10″ w x 3″d
Brooch: Glass seed beads woven with thread, 14k gold fill wire, gems
Mount: Birch bark on wood panel, 23k gilding, bronze wire
Completed 7/15/21
NFS
Note: Committed to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery Exhibition 2025-26

Pansy Brooch

4.5″ h x 3.5″ w x .5″ d
Glass seed beads woven with thread, 14k gold fill wire, gems
Completed 01/01/2020
$790
Note: Best Jewelry/Metalwork, 76th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Mueum of Art, 2022

Halo Arabesque Necklace

3.75″ h x 5.5″ w x .25″ d (central panel)
Glass seed beads woven with thread framing glass and quartz cabochons, most reverse 23k gilded, quartz beads on sterling
Completed 10/4/2016
$490

Ante Meridiem Tiara

9″ h x 11″ w x 6″ D
Glass seed bead woven with thread, gems, carved shell, 14k gold fill wire, vintage hairpin
Completed 5/5/07
$5000

03/13/2025