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rara avis objects
“Rara Avis OBJECTS” is jewelry designed as mobiles; nearly weightless, 3D, interchangable sculptures.
Long captivated by the hypnotic beauty of mobiles, I find the way they transform and shapeshift as they move through the air mesmerizing. This fascination is reflected in Rara Avis jewelry, where many pieces are designed to echo that sense of movement. Like mobiles, they can be reoriented to create entirely new shapes and shadows, offering endless ways to see and wear them.
Rara Avis has been a dream in the making since my childhood. My very first “jewelry show” took place in the 5th grade at my local craft fair.
From making a catalogue of my “jewelry designs” to bring to school for kids in my class to order, to selling my jewelry at lemonade stands on my front lawn, to 10-year old me having to show airport security all the piles of jewelry supplies I stuffed in my carry-on without my parents knowing- that early love of jewelry grew into a lifelong passion.
After graduating college, I moved to Savannah, GA., and went on to earn two Master of Arts degrees from the Savannah College of Art & Design, both concentrated in jewelry. The first in jewelry design and fabrication, the second in luxury and fashion management with a specialization in jewelry. After graduate school, I honed my craft by earning positions in work-study and assistantship programs at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Tennessee, and took classes at the New York Jewelry Design Institute in Manhattan, NYC.