I see, get to know and try to understand the world through my hands. The exploring and touching of materials give me vital information and expands my impression. To experience tactility is for me like reading.

I also use my hands as tools to change and refine material.
The source is as important as the finished objects to me. I use the objects as a method to raise a question or highlight a problem. They become my words, and the material is often my outset. Combined, they are my language.

In my practice I address questions regarding attitudes towards and value of, unused animalistic material. What is waste and what is material? What is waste and what is remains? When is it considered to be refined? Can everything be used? Can it be used for everything? I investigate my own valuation of different species as well as various parts of a nonhuman body. I review my capability of redefining values. I see the need to reconnect the material with its source revealing lost human responsibilities.

To choose jewelry as a method is, according to me, to challenge how refined a material can be. What would you consider placing around your neck? Someone else’s skin? Any kind of skin?

Caring for craft traditions preserving organic material, I combine invaluable passed on knowledge with new methods. Spending time with the material provides me with a respect and relationship for the source. By being present I’m able to see and appreciate the wonders of nature. It is my strong opinion that we need to treasure life once lived and make the most of what we harvest. I strive to give my refined material the voice to convey that and let my hands provide wordless jewelry with a language.