“What we see in literature and art is the description and celebration of physical disintegration.  We are dividuals, divided against ourselves, undoing ourselves, endlessly inauthentic.”  (art magazine)

There is value in promoting and relying on artisans in your community instead of contributing money constantly to factories overseas and the greedy shareholders working their way through legal loopholes until they achieve monopoly.  The materials may not be necessarily sustainable or green but they are the difference between an investment in something you buy only once instead of replacing a disposable version hundreds or thousands of times.  I want to buy into my community, I want to contribute my part to it, and I want the things I carry with me every day to reflect me as an individual.  With this collection, I aimed to express my desire to revive authenticity, through rebuilding our relationships with the objects that have become our everyday necessities, by reviving sentimental connection to them and their craftsman within our communities, creating the keepsakes that will quietly immortalize our individual expression and become a part of our legacy. Each piece custom designed by a local designer helps support the local economy comprised of your friends and neighbors. That is worth it. I encourage you to buy jewelry that's design fits your life.