sterling silver, brass, copper, stainless steel, Alicia Niles handmade glass bead

4.75”x 2.75”x 1”

2019

Inspired by an antique crane used to move ice-blocks, this piece holds instead an icy glass bead. The preciousness of the hand-made bead replaces the once precious ice-block.

Created for the Halstead Design Challenge - Cycle. In this work, I engage with the concept of Cycle by revisiting a design from my past and renewing it by reinterpreting it through my current visual vocabulary. I believe this represents a common path for artists, an orbital path. We often travel back through familiar creative territory reengaging with ideas, but it’s never the exact same place. Time has passed, and growth has occurred.