The USA Jewelry Tour (USAJT) is an annual juried event hosted by @NYCJewelryWeek open to all jewelry designers based in the USA. 19 states and Washington DC are represented in the 2025 USAJT by 47 artists. Viewers choose one artist each day to continue on in the Tour.
I was one of 3 artists chosen to represent California on the kick off day of the USAJT along with an artist from Arkansas on August 4th. Voting takes place in the Instagram Stories of @nycjewelryweek
“I Don’t Shine, I Have Something to Say” exhibit + sale features wearable art making statements.
Artists have let their pieces scream, inspire and transform.
In-Person Exhibition Dates & Details
| October 5 – 19 | Exhibit at Fondazione Querini Stampali, Venice ,Italy |
| October 11 | Artist event / reception |
| October 19 | Exhibition closees |
Venice Jewelry Week is an annual week-long celebration that invites a global audience to experience the world of design in Venice, Italy.
Venice Jewelry Week is part of Venice Design Week
“Venice Design Week is the festival dedicated to design held in the city of Venice, every October since 2010. For a week, the lagoon of Venice comes alive with exhibitions, conferences and meetings, competitions, workshops and guided tours that take place in a unique setting, full of history and contemporaneity, in a continuous exchange between cultures meeting and mutual comparison. VDW is a widespread event, in symbiosis with the city that hosts it, and that winds its way through calli and campielli, private galleries and museums, homes and artists’ studios, stores and workshops.
Venice Design Week is also an unmissable opportunity for connection and dialogue between established and emerging designers, international companies, artisans, architects and a curious and passionate public.”
Bracelet Dimensions
14.8 x 14 x 1.6 cm
5.8 x 5.5 x 0.6 in
inner oval: 2.5 x 3″
Materials: Low tarnish sterling silver, Stainless Steel. Two of the bracelets have pure titanium layers.
Reversible
Hand drawn, CAD modified, laser cut, hand finished
Each bracelet began as an enlarged hand drawing of a microscopic creature. Mentally deconstructing the zooplankton during the hand drawing phase, I morphed the creatures into flat layers which would rebuild as a 3D form. I used CAD software to ingest the layer drawings and further modify the designs of each layer. Individual vector files were sent to a laser cutter. Each rough-cut low tarnish sterling silver layer was hand textured and finished in the hundreds of uniquely shaped cut outs.