I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.

I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.