I've been making things for even longer than I can remember, and my parents have the archival evidence to prove it: salt-clay dachshunds, construction paper brooches, spool-and-tape sandals, Barbie clothes and stuffed animals crafted from Dad's neckties. Announcing that I needed some privacy, I'd shut the door to my room and spend silent hours hunched over whatever tools and materials I could get my hands on, trying to figure everything out.
Even after decades of doing it, transforming an idea into reality is still a powerful experience for me, a kind of alchemy. And although I do still spend a lot of time alone in a silent room, trying to figure things out, I also get the satisfaction of sharing my solutions with clients and viewers, and of watching my students achieve their own alchemical moments.
Even after decades of doing it, transforming an idea into reality is still a powerful experience for me, a kind of alchemy. And although I do still spend a lot of time alone in a silent room, trying to figure things out, I also get the satisfaction of sharing my solutions with clients and viewers, and of watching my students achieve their own alchemical moments.
EDUCATION
2004 MFA (Metals), University of Washington, Seattle WA
2002 MA (Applied Anthropology), Macquarie University, Sydney AUST
1999 Dip.Cons (Metal Conservation), West Dean College, Chichester UK
1996 BA (English, Anthropology), Macalester College, St. Paul MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sweet Travel, Fresh Flours, Seattle WA
2007 Choose the Mountain, curator Suzie Ganch, Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA
2006 A Lingering Sweetness, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
Rhizome: New Bamboo Jewelry, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2004 Lover’s Portrait, curator Curtis Steiner, Souvenir, Seattle WA
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
University of Arkansas, Little Rock AK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Knock on Wood: 2014 Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA
The Earring Show II, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
A Cut Above, curators MalPina Chan and June Sekiguchi, Lakeshore Living, Seattle WA
The Meaning of Wood, curator Suze Woolf, Minnaert Gallery, Olympia WA
Yuma Symposium Presenters, Yuma Art Center, Yuma AZ
2013 Contemporary Jewelry Collection, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
Crossing Borders, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Contemporary Makers, curator Rebbecca Tomas, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Contemporary Makers, curator Amy Reeves, Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma WA
2012 Body Language, invitational curated by Suzanne Ramljak, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
Sticks and Stones, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli PA
WOOD, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
Out on a Limb: Contemporary Wood Jewelry, curated by Lena Vigna, Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
The Art of Seduction, curated by Gail M Brown, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia MD
2011 Piece Progressions, online exhibition curated by Miriam Rowe, Crafthaus.ning
10x10x10xTieton, Grand Tieton Events, Tieton WA
75 Gifts for 75 Years, curated by Namita Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
Art by Attrition (as organizer/exhibitor), KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
Love Tokens Artist Collective, invitational curated by Jennifer Stenhouse, Habitude, Seattle WA
Pratt Scholarship Art, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
2010 PONCHO and Pathways Recipients, Pratt Gallery, Seattle WA
Anatomy Lessons, invitational curated by Jane Groover, Taboo Studio, San Diego CA
Extreme Beauty, invitational curated by Kim Cridler, Glassell School of Art, Houston TX
2009 Signs of Life, invitational curated by Karen Lorene, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA
2008 500 Handmade Books (juried publication), edited by Marthe LeVan, Lark Books, Asheville NC
2007 Christmas Show, Electrum, London UK
Wood You?, invitational curated by Kath Libbert, Kath Libbert Gallery, Saltaire UK
New Instructors, curated by Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2006 Exhibition in Print (juried publication), Metalsmith Magazine, US
100 Brooches, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA
TEACHING
2014 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 3 days, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
Continuing Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Stir it Up: Carving Spoons by Hand, 2 days, Arbutus Folk School, Olympia WA
Wood Veneer for Jewelry, 2 days, 92nd St Y, New York NY
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 day, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ
Set in Wood, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2013 Jewelry from Found Wood, 1 day, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Branching Out (wood jewelry), 2 weeks, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Carving demonstration, Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA
More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
4 Artists Teach Their Specialties (wood jewelry), 2 sessions, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2012 Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Hammered Metal Earrings, 1 session, South Seattle Community College Continuing Ed., Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
Explorations, wood jewelry for middle school students, 1 week, Centrum, Port Townsend WA
2011 Strength in Numbers (chain and chainmail), 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Kitchen Table Jewelry (low-tech jewelry), 4 sessions, UW Experimental College, Seattle WA
2010 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Wood Jewelry, teen week, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry for grades 6-8, 8 sessions, Chinese Information and Services Center, Seattle WA
Advanced Wood Jewelry, 8 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009 Wood jewelry and carving intensive, 2 days, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, 92nd St Y, New York NY
2007 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 week, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Comprehensive Flameworking, Sally Prasch, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
2013 Beginning Flameworking - Borosilicate, Jessica Landau, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2011 Instructor Retreat, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Vacuum Veneering and Bending, Hank Holzer, 1 day workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
What's in an Image (jewelry), Lucy Sarneel, 4 day master class, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2010 Introduction to Coldworking (glass), Rebecca Chernow, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Glass with Passion (casting, blowing), Róisín de Buitléar, 3 week workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
Casting for Jewelry, Jennifer Stenhouse, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Figure Sculpting, Jeannie Ferraro, 4 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Kiln Casting I (glass), Susan Balshor, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Chip Carving I (wood), Audrey Baugh, 1 session workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
2004 Beadmaking I, Larry Brickman, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Glass Fusing I, Patty Gray and Delores Taylor, 8 weeks, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2003 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, San Francisco CA
1999 Glass Engraving, Tracey Sheppard, 2 weekends, West Dean College, West Dean UK
Plique-a-Jour Enameling (as studio assistant), Valeri Timofeev, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1998 Blacksmithing I, Andrew Smith, 6 session workshop, West Dean College, West Dean UK
Bent-Willow Chairmaking, Clifton Monteith, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1997 Enameling I, Sydney Scherr, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
AWARDS
2014 - 15 Prequalified Emerging Artist Roster for Cited Projects, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle WA
2013 CENTRUM Artist Residency, Port Townsend WA
2012 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP), Artist Trust, Seattle WA
Wharton Esherick Annual Woodworkers Competition, 2nd Place and Members’ Choice, Paoli PA
Sprout 7, 2nd Place funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County," Seattle WA
2011 4Culture Heritage Special Projects funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County"
2010 Pilchuck Glass School Sue Bradford Hauberg Full Scholarship, Stanwood WA
2009 Pratt/PONCHO Fellowship, Seattle WA
2006 Award for New & Innovative Work, American Bamboo Society USA
Patricia Babb Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Artist-in Residence, Helen Whiteley Research Center, Friday Harbor WA
2003 University of WA Graduate School Medal Design Commission, Seattle WA
PUBLIC TALKS
2014 "Never Far From the Tree," Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2013 “Identity through Objects,” University of Washington School of Art, Seattle WA
"Only What You Can Carry," Central Washington University Department of Art, Ellensburg WA
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2012 “The Conversation” talk show guest, KUOW Public Radio, Seattle WA
"Only What You Can Carry," Seattle Metals Guild Symposium, Seattle WA
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
"Modernizing Mochi: From Divine Mirror to Frozen Treat," Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle WA
"A Sugar-coated History? Japanese Seattle as seen through SweetMap," KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2011 Mini-residency hosted by Mandy Greer, The Project Room, Seattle WA
2010 PONCHO Scholars, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009 Signs of Life participants, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA
Visiting Artist lecture, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
2006 A Lingering Sweetness Artist lecture, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
PRESS
2011 Featured Member, Crafthaus, 24 June 2011
2007 "Body parts Sculpted in Wood" by Mark Fraudenfelder, Boingboing.net
"Bamboo Shoots to Make its Mark", American Craft
"Wood You? Review", The ACJ's Findings
"Five questions for...Julia Harrison", Leeds MetroLife
2006 "Cultural anthropologist tells Japantown's bittersweet history through candy" by Florangela Davila, Seattle Times
2004 MFA (Metals), University of Washington, Seattle WA
2002 MA (Applied Anthropology), Macquarie University, Sydney AUST
1999 Dip.Cons (Metal Conservation), West Dean College, Chichester UK
1996 BA (English, Anthropology), Macalester College, St. Paul MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sweet Travel, Fresh Flours, Seattle WA
2007 Choose the Mountain, curator Suzie Ganch, Quirk Gallery, Richmond VA
2006 A Lingering Sweetness, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
Rhizome: New Bamboo Jewelry, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2004 Lover’s Portrait, curator Curtis Steiner, Souvenir, Seattle WA
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
University of Arkansas, Little Rock AK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Knock on Wood: 2014 Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA
The Earring Show II, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
A Cut Above, curators MalPina Chan and June Sekiguchi, Lakeshore Living, Seattle WA
The Meaning of Wood, curator Suze Woolf, Minnaert Gallery, Olympia WA
Yuma Symposium Presenters, Yuma Art Center, Yuma AZ
2013 Contemporary Jewelry Collection, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
Crossing Borders, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Contemporary Makers, curator Rebbecca Tomas, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Contemporary Makers, curator Amy Reeves, Tacoma Metal Arts Center, Tacoma WA
2012 Body Language, invitational curated by Suzanne Ramljak, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
Sticks and Stones, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli PA
WOOD, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
Out on a Limb: Contemporary Wood Jewelry, curated by Lena Vigna, Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
The Art of Seduction, curated by Gail M Brown, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia MD
2011 Piece Progressions, online exhibition curated by Miriam Rowe, Crafthaus.ning
10x10x10xTieton, Grand Tieton Events, Tieton WA
75 Gifts for 75 Years, curated by Namita Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR
Art by Attrition (as organizer/exhibitor), KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
Love Tokens Artist Collective, invitational curated by Jennifer Stenhouse, Habitude, Seattle WA
Pratt Scholarship Art, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
2010 PONCHO and Pathways Recipients, Pratt Gallery, Seattle WA
Anatomy Lessons, invitational curated by Jane Groover, Taboo Studio, San Diego CA
Extreme Beauty, invitational curated by Kim Cridler, Glassell School of Art, Houston TX
2009 Signs of Life, invitational curated by Karen Lorene, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA
2008 500 Handmade Books (juried publication), edited by Marthe LeVan, Lark Books, Asheville NC
2007 Christmas Show, Electrum, London UK
Wood You?, invitational curated by Kath Libbert, Kath Libbert Gallery, Saltaire UK
New Instructors, curated by Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2006 Exhibition in Print (juried publication), Metalsmith Magazine, US
100 Brooches, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA
TEACHING
2014 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 3 days, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
Continuing Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Stir it Up: Carving Spoons by Hand, 2 days, Arbutus Folk School, Olympia WA
Wood Veneer for Jewelry, 2 days, 92nd St Y, New York NY
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 day, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ
Set in Wood, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2013 Jewelry from Found Wood, 1 day, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Branching Out (wood jewelry), 2 weeks, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Carving demonstration, Central Washington University, Ellensburg WA
More Jewelry That Grows on Trees (veneer jewelry), 2 days, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
4 Artists Teach Their Specialties (wood jewelry), 2 sessions, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2012 Beginning Hand Carving, 6 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Hammered Metal Earrings, 1 session, South Seattle Community College Continuing Ed., Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR
Explorations, wood jewelry for middle school students, 1 week, Centrum, Port Townsend WA
2011 Strength in Numbers (chain and chainmail), 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Kitchen Table Jewelry (low-tech jewelry), 4 sessions, UW Experimental College, Seattle WA
2010 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Wood Jewelry, teen week, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry for grades 6-8, 8 sessions, Chinese Information and Services Center, Seattle WA
Advanced Wood Jewelry, 8 sessions, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009 Wood jewelry and carving intensive, 2 days, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 2 days, 92nd St Y, New York NY
2007 Jewelry That Grows on Trees, 1 week, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Comprehensive Flameworking, Sally Prasch, Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
2013 Beginning Flameworking - Borosilicate, Jessica Landau, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2011 Instructor Retreat, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Vacuum Veneering and Bending, Hank Holzer, 1 day workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
What's in an Image (jewelry), Lucy Sarneel, 4 day master class, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2010 Introduction to Coldworking (glass), Rebecca Chernow, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Glass with Passion (casting, blowing), Róisín de Buitléar, 3 week workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
Casting for Jewelry, Jennifer Stenhouse, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Figure Sculpting, Jeannie Ferraro, 4 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Kiln Casting I (glass), Susan Balshor, 8 session workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Chip Carving I (wood), Audrey Baugh, 1 session workshop, Woodcraft, Seattle WA
2004 Beadmaking I, Larry Brickman, 2 day workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Glass Fusing I, Patty Gray and Delores Taylor, 8 weeks, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2003 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, San Francisco CA
1999 Glass Engraving, Tracey Sheppard, 2 weekends, West Dean College, West Dean UK
Plique-a-Jour Enameling (as studio assistant), Valeri Timofeev, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1998 Blacksmithing I, Andrew Smith, 6 session workshop, West Dean College, West Dean UK
Bent-Willow Chairmaking, Clifton Monteith, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
1997 Enameling I, Sydney Scherr, 2 week residential workshop, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
AWARDS
2014 - 15 Prequalified Emerging Artist Roster for Cited Projects, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle WA
2013 CENTRUM Artist Residency, Port Townsend WA
2012 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP), Artist Trust, Seattle WA
Wharton Esherick Annual Woodworkers Competition, 2nd Place and Members’ Choice, Paoli PA
Sprout 7, 2nd Place funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County," Seattle WA
2011 4Culture Heritage Special Projects funding for "SweetMap: Asian King County"
2010 Pilchuck Glass School Sue Bradford Hauberg Full Scholarship, Stanwood WA
2009 Pratt/PONCHO Fellowship, Seattle WA
2006 Award for New & Innovative Work, American Bamboo Society USA
Patricia Babb Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Artist-in Residence, Helen Whiteley Research Center, Friday Harbor WA
2003 University of WA Graduate School Medal Design Commission, Seattle WA
PUBLIC TALKS
2014 "Never Far From the Tree," Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2013 “Identity through Objects,” University of Washington School of Art, Seattle WA
"Only What You Can Carry," Central Washington University Department of Art, Ellensburg WA
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
2012 “The Conversation” talk show guest, KUOW Public Radio, Seattle WA
"Only What You Can Carry," Seattle Metals Guild Symposium, Seattle WA
“A World of Sweets in WA State,” Humanities WA Speakers Bureau, multiple locations
"Modernizing Mochi: From Divine Mirror to Frozen Treat," Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle WA
"A Sugar-coated History? Japanese Seattle as seen through SweetMap," KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
2011 Mini-residency hosted by Mandy Greer, The Project Room, Seattle WA
2010 PONCHO Scholars, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
2009 Signs of Life participants, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA
Visiting Artist lecture, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
2006 A Lingering Sweetness Artist lecture, KOBO at Higo, Seattle WA
PRESS
2011 Featured Member, Crafthaus, 24 June 2011
2007 "Body parts Sculpted in Wood" by Mark Fraudenfelder, Boingboing.net
"Bamboo Shoots to Make its Mark", American Craft
"Wood You? Review", The ACJ's Findings
"Five questions for...Julia Harrison", Leeds MetroLife
2006 "Cultural anthropologist tells Japantown's bittersweet history through candy" by Florangela Davila, Seattle Times
