Ring Corsage: Memory Breathes, 2003 sterling silver, 18k and 22k gold 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 " Photo: Robert Diamante

These new corsages loosely reference nineteenth century Victorian mourning jewelry. Corsages, like mourning jewelry, operate as personal mementos, reminding us of a person or marking a past event. In some of my pieces, a dialogue exists between the front of the corsage and the back. This dialogue suggests the intimate nature between what is also private and what is public. With this new work, I hope to create a symbiotic relationship between the past and the present, reminding us of how memory changes over time and in effect remains breathing in the present.

Wrist Corsage, Ever Present, 2003 sterling silver, 18k and 22k gold, ribbon 1 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2" Photo: Robert Diamante