The strongest influence upon the design and composition of Arte Fact jewels and art is the deep relationship between human culture and the primal matter of Earth and Space with gratitude to artesans, goldsmiths, sculptors, alchemists and nomadic cultures of antiquity and prehistory.
From start to finish...the experience has been a long walk over uneven ground learning about rocks, working with geologists in North America and Mexico, and learning to shape the metals around the stones to create wearable art derived from the ingenuity and wealth of nature.
PASSION STATEMENT
To imagine materials into form...
To animate each piece with spirit...
To leave space for magic to happen...
To believe in what can be wondered into being...
To nurture curiosity...
To let go in an organic sincere manner...
To function with integrity...
To not believe that everything can be controlled...
To accept gifts that nurture endeavor with grace...
To be true to one's own word-thoughts...
To forget (artistic) Self and just be...a human be-ing...