Let's Talk About Gatekeeping
Gatekeeping gets a lot of heat on social media. The idea that any creator who does not freely share every technique and resource is withholding something that belongs to other people. I have thoughts about this.
The Feeling of a Well-Made Earring
When you grow up with a painter for a father, you learn things about balance and perspective without realizing you're learning them. Turns out everything he talked about at the easel applies just as much to making jewelry as it does to painting. This is what actually makes an earring good to wear and why balance matters more than symmetry every single time.
I Don't Always Feel Like a Warrior
I was diagnosed with endometriosis in December 2017 after emergency surgery for a ruptured cyst. But the truth is I had been suffering for fifteen years before that. This is the story of what the years since have looked like: a second surgery, IVF that didn't happen, a specialist at UVA, and the ongoing work of living inside a body you cannot see. And why I do not always feel like a warrior.