MACABRE CURIOS. Since leaving behind the world of corporate human resources in 2011, art has grown from a past-time to my full-time passion, business and lifestyle. Most recently, I’ve gone from crafting mosaics using mostly found objects to creating original objects of my own out of stoneware. This allows me to fully customize special-order pieces, and has taken my collaborative efforts to a new level. I’m based in Kansas City, but my mosaics could previously be found in stores across the country. Now however, they can be purchased directly through this site. When I’m not in my basement grouting art and binging on podcasts, I can generally be found in the vicinity of a swimming pool or in the company of my husband, Jason, and two sons, Brendan and Dash.
I’ve been making mosaic art since 2006, when I first took an introductory class in a local artist’s garage. Now my basement studio is filled with towering shelves of broken dishes, cracked figurines, vintage buttons, beads of every shape and color and all manner of eclectic trinkets and