Nijmegen

For the next five weeks I will be an intern at Galerie Marzee in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. After a 10 hour flight, a 1.5 hour train ride, and a 15 minute walk, I arrived at the apartment I will be staying for a few days until I move to an apartment next door to the gallery. I'm so glad I made it here safely, and cannot wait to start my internship tomorrow. I will post pictures here as often as I can, so check back soon!

 Selfie in Seattle while packing

 Canada from the plane

 England (I think)

 Sunrise from the plane

 The Netherlands

 Landing in Amsterdam

 View from the train from Amsterdam to Nijmegen

 Nijmegen

 Nijmegen

 My room for a couple days

Tandem Jewelry

My newest pieces of work

Neck and Neck

Out of Reach

4 Square Bracelet

Senior Open Studios

I've been focusing a lot of the spaces between people, using hand-knitting and wood-carving methods. My work has become more about experience, interaction, and activation. I'm trying to work intuitively and comfortable, focusing on methods I know I love, and pushing myself with concepts.

This was my bench with all my work at senior open studios.

Photo cred: Kamal Nassif

Update

So my senior project idea has completely changed. Instead of making pieces about evolution, I'm making pieces about the experience of being human, the duality between consciousness and body, and the distances between objects. I know, they're all kind of abstract and esoteric ideas. Some more specific ideas I've been thinking about are authority, the placebo effect, the Milgram experiment, social conformity, and intimacy. I've been creating tools and experiences instead of jewelry because I've been working much more intuitively. I've also taken a break from metal, and have been working with wood, found objects, and yarn. Here are some pictures.