Finding the Ocean-A Jewelry Journal
The heart does not wait for permission. The heart is the permission.
The heart does not wait for permission. The heart is the permission.
On June 20, 2012, I set out to collect a found object every day for a year, make a journal record of its origin and create a piece of jewelry from it. Two months in, I faced a second diagnosis of breast cancer. While not the initial impetus, the project became a primary resource for continuing in the face of uncertainty and the jewelry portion was completed June 2013. In 2017, following a third diagnosis, treatment and relocation, I began attaching the small journal scraps onto larger pages. Through the work of photographing, expanding the text and adding images, I weave and embrace my relationship to time, place, healing and creativity. Each page is also designed as a Fluxus style performance "score"; so each page can also be preformed. In 2021, I began releasing the work by gifting pieces to 3 friends on their own healing journeys.
Current Project Status: Jewelry: completed, Journal pages: Gallery 9: pages No. 119-132 in progress, Gallery 10: pieces No. 133-147 photographed at Portland Headlight,Cape Elizabeth, Maine
jewelry, photos & journal page reproductions available for purchase. jewelry from 50$ up. photos and journal page reproductions 20$ up. pages are mostly 8x8". I will continue gifting a number of pieces to those on healing journeys experiencing financial challenges.
The project is available for exhibition.
Current: June/July, Piece no. 127 "Different Now" Mango Madness @ The Studios of Key West, KW, Fl
Upcoming: December-March 2024-25, Kress Building Windows Gallery, 500 Duval Street, Key West, Fl
Upcoming: April 2025 Finding the Ocean Performance Project location TBA
Recent: Nov 2023-Jan 24, Piece No. 119,"Paper House" Florida Keys Council of the Arts, Gato Building, KW, Fl