Brooch Sketches: Working with Memory

This series began out of a need for balance. Having no access to a studio, I looked through found objects within my home and began arranging lentils and rice to create sketches for brooches. The materials, or ingredients, remind me of my grandmother. Her dishes were always simple and delicious. The memories of her kindness and strength were comforting to think of while composing each piece. As days turned into months, each sketch grew in size and complexity of design. The direction of each element, whether lentil or grain of rice, as it rested in relation to its neighbor, became important and reflected the relationship from my memories.