'The Gold Hour'

Everything about this piece is abundance. Marigold, which blooms recklessly and in exactly the color orange should be. Claytonia, the spring beauty, pink-veined and brief. Rose of Sharon, which does not rush and does not apologize. Celosia, which in this collection is always a kind of fire. And gold beads suspended throughout the resin like something a mermaid would collect from the ocean floor because she had developed a specific and unignorable taste.

The beaded chain belongs to this piece. It is part of the fantasy — the chain a mermaid might wear if she briefly became a person and wanted to keep the memory of both lives close to her throat.

For the one who has always been a little bit underwater, in the best possible way.