In Memory Of
A brooch from a mother's dresser drawer, a strand of pearls from a grandmother's jewelry box — set into a heart, an angel, or a cross, so the pieces that used to sit in a drawer become something to hang and hold onto.
Heart, angel, and butterfly — three shapes from the same collection
This series leans on shapes that carry meaning on their own — hearts, angels, crosses — built from vintage brooches, pearls, and stones that already meant something to someone before they became art.
Many of these pieces start with inherited jewelry: costume pieces, real gemstones, a tangle of chains that hadn't been worn in years. Sorted, matched by color and shape, and set permanently into a design that can be displayed rather than kept in a box.
A drawer's worth of pieces, sorted
Before anything is set, the jewelry gets laid out and sorted by color and material — greens with greens, pearls with pearls — so the finished piece reads as one palette instead of a scattered collection.
Sorted and ready to be set
Mother-of-pearl and pavé, set in a frame
Two takes on the same shape — one in shell fragments and pearls on sage linen, the other in pearls and crystal on black, edged in soft green stones.
Mother-of-pearl and pearl, sage linen mat
Pearl and crystal, black frame
New angel designs, taking shape
Two angel concepts in development — one in bronze filigree and dusty pink pearls, the other built almost entirely from gold coin drops, pearls, and red glass beads.
Filigree wings, dusty pink pearls
Gold coin and pearl, in development
A keepsake, not a keepsake box
These pieces are built to order from a family's own jewelry — a way to hold onto someone without leaving the pieces packed away. Well suited to grief support groups, churches, retirement homes, and anyone working through a loved one's collection and looking for a way to keep it close.