Aristotle emerged through a slow, contemplative process of color, texture, and intention. In soft browns, ivory, and pink rhodonite, this Jacob Sheep skull carries an earthy gentleness—an invitation to pause, look closely, and consider what is revealed through careful attention.
My years of studying the history of religions and philosophy have shaped the way I create. I approach beadwork not simply as decoration, but as a practice of reflection. Each bead is selected and placed deliberately, with openness to the possibility that the work may ask to be changed. A color may need to shift. A pattern may need to be removed. What first seemed right may no longer feel true.
That willingness to reconsider has become an essential part of my process. Rather than seeing revision as failure, I see it as listening—to the materials, to the emerging form, and to my own inner knowing.
Creating Aristotle was a meditation on growth. My development as an artist has unfolded alongside my spiritual growth, each teaching me patience, discernment, humility, and trust in the unfinished process. This piece honors the idea that becoming is not a straight path; it is a continual practice of attention, release, and returning to what feels most authentic
