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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Occupation | jewelry designer |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Introduction | My passions are for jewelry and design. While the past seven years of my creative life have been dominated by architecture, jewelry has crept into my life and captured my heart (and evenings) over the last years. It has made me realize that the handcrafted object is something of great value that we have forgotten in our society. I enjoy using many different methods to create beautiful and affordable objects to wear, while contributing to the renewal of the forgotten handcrafted arts. Metals are not the only materials I like to re-use. My most recent project (please see newsprint pendant) involves making translucent newsprint necklaces with old microfiches of the New York times. I find the act of bringing new value to something seen as worthless an exciting concept. As technology continues to change rapidly, the items we discard seem to increase tenfold. Reuse is my reaction to this culture of disposal. |
| Interests | jewelry, metals, handmaking, creating, architecture, music, crafting, people |
| Favorite movies | The Visitor, Rachel Getting Married, the edukators, The Lives of Others, The Kite Runner, The Professional, Lars and the REal Girl, DARJEELING LTD, Once, the wedding date, anything natalie portman is in, breakfast @ tiffany's, Closer, Amelie, Lost in Translation, City Slickers, Volver, along came polly, about a boy, when harry met sally, Zoolander, V for Vendetta, Garden State, The hours, In Her Shoes, Frida, 40 year-old virgin, knocked up, Etermal sunshine of the spoteless mind, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Into the Wild, I Heart Huckabees, |
| Favorite music | basia bulat, sufjan stevens, sigur ros, the national (newest acquisition), ohbijou, au revoir simone, memphis, PATRICK WATSON! tori amos, K-Os, Kanye West, CSS, metric, elliot smith, BEIRUT, the STARS....THE STARS...THE stars!!! junior boys, the shins, sarah harmer, dave matthews band, land of talk, arcade fire, strokes, stars, Feist, coldplay, postal service, be good tanyas, regina spektor, the weakerthans, death cab for cutie, final fantasy, tegan & sara, coldplay, miracle fortress, regina spektor, sarah slean, amy milan, THE SHINS, the beatles, yann tiersen, ani difranco, martha wainwright, Hayden, rufus wainwright, blue rodeo, barenaked ladies (pre-junky stuff), K'Naan, MGMT |
| Favorite books | catcher in the Rye, Fifth Business....anil's ghost, the glass castle, anything by david eggers who ROCKS, kurt vonegut, jonathan franzen is also an excellent one, just finished "late nights on air" by elizabeth hay, Assasination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. |