Sawdust & Stardust
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” ― Carl Sagan
For me, jewelry has always been a way to express the intangible. This collection is more personal than most. I lost my father 2 years ago. It took me time to move grief into creativity and this collection is an homage to the man that taught me to use my hands, to see beauty in the unexpected, and to curate an imaginative life.
Stan Reifel was a furniture designer, a woodworker, and an inventor. I grew up in the sawdust of his woodshop learning to turn scrap into something magical.
The shapes in this collection are more figural than I usually design. Hearts, stars, and dovetail joints have turned into flashes of sterling and bronze. Each of these motifs he used in his furniture, and for me expressions of love. The specific shapes are traces from ancient objects, Indian, Japanese, and Central Asian.
A man at once deeply of the earth, my father is now in the cosmos, a bit of stardust that guides my craft.


Norma Earrings


Vega Necklace


Bellatrix Hoops


Ursa Cuff Bracelet


Orion Necklace - Short


Orion Earrings - Long


Orion Earrings - Medium


Orion Earrings - Short


Orion Necklace - 3 in 1


Orion Bracelet


Asterion Ear Cuff


Alkaid Earrings


Ursa Minor Necklace


Ursa Major Necklace


Phoenix Necklace


Phoenix Earrings


Lyra Cuff Bracelet


Gamma Major Ring


Gamma Minor Ring


Aquila Hoops


Aquila Ear Cuff


Manus Collar Necklace


Manus Hair Pin


Manus Earrings


Achernar Earrings


Suhail Pinky Ring


Caph Ring


Shaula Earrings


Spica Earrings


Apus Hair Pin

