I know, I paint flowers so why am I making necklaces? Well, because I am an artist, and I'm obsessed with all forms of creativity and craft. I learned how to make pottery in high school and college. I love this form of art, but it was not practical for me at the time. I did not have access to a studio or a kiln, so I focused on oil painting. But, always in the back of my mind, I knew I wanted to get back into pottery.

 

Now, my pottery has become another canvas for me. I love to get my hands messy and create something from clay. It is like free therapy, and it feels like Christmas every time my pieces come out of the kiln.

 

I will never give up oil painting, but this is another avenue to explore and paint flowers on a different medium. My necklaces are a small painting that you get to wear and collect. No two are alike. I am not a machine. Each stroke is a decision, a part of my creative DNA that with years of experience becomes a tiny painting.