I am a Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, based multidisciplinary artist (working in Jewelry, sculpture & painting). I have been artistic all my life, with many creative people in my family to encourage me. I graduated from the Fine Art Program at Red Deer College in 1997. My passion for jewelry bloomed from sculpture, creating figurines in wire, then mading them as small as possible, it brought me in the direction of art jewelry. I would wear my pieces proudly, people would compliment me and I started to get orders.
I worked full time jobs and created custom jewelry peices on the side for co-workers, friends, and family. I've always had an enterpeneur spirit, I created my business, naming it "Wirebutterfly Jewelry", because I love wire, I love butterflies and for myself butterflies symbolize metamorphis and change. I am passionately creating jewelry using wire as my primary medium and my color pallete is created with hand selected beads, stones & other unique components that are collected from around the world. Design, line, color & texture are important aspects considered in my pieces, as I believe that jewelry should be timeless, wearable and comfortable.
I am an emotional being who loves to express through creating. I create pieces sometimes soft and flowing, and sometimes angular and bold. I work with my feelings to enhances every piece. I have a hard time parting with my creations, but it makes it worth while when someone loves it as much as I do.
I love working with metal, primarily wire. I use stainless steel most, but also sterling silver, aluminum, gold, niobium and recently Titanium. I love beads, vintage components, clays, glass, stone, gems, paint, resins, and found objects, basically anything that stirs my creative heart.
I have taken a few classes tought by goldsmith Paul Leathers (who is an amazing artist and teacher) on casting silver and gem appreciation, enabling me to create some wonderful pendants and components for my peices, to expand my knowledge in the gem world and to bring this new found information to my jewelry and customers. I have recently taken a jewelry course through the Red Deer College Summer series that has expanded my knowledge and skills in new techniques for my work.
I also enjoy photography, all the pictures on my website have been taken by me. I hope to be able to have a bit of all my art on my website for those interested to view and purchase.
