About Phoenix Silver: Pressed from Art History, Made for Women Who Keep Showing Up.
Each Phoenix Silver design begins with a centurys-old carving, rescued from time and revived in steel. Originally crafted by master engravers in the jewelry cities of France, Germany, and the eastern United States at the height of the Art Nouveau period, these designs once defined an era of artistry.
Now, through careful restoration and the limited reissue of dies by Potter USA, I give this artwork new life in reclaimed silver, copper, brass, and now pewter — uniting the imagination of the past with the intention and the quiet strength of the women who wear it now. No industrial machines, no mass production, just the steady rhythm of hands bringing legacy back to life.
A Love Story in Lines and Legacy
My fascination with these designs began decades ago. In my twenties, we lost my great aunt — the family historian — who had gathered generations of letters, notes, and ephemera. Sorting through her things, I found myself drawn to the flowing, almost breathing lines of Art Nouveau illustrations tucked between pages and magazines she had kept. I couldn’t let them go.
For years, I carried those papers from city to city until I began to organize and preserve them. Around the same time, I was deepening my metalwork practice and researching the jewelers and engravers of that era — William Morris, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Lalique, Mucha. Their wild, sinuous designs felt alive to me, their work a bridge between art and nature, thought and emotion.
When I discovered that many of these artists also carved their masterworks into galvanos so their designs could reach more people, it clicked. They intended for their masterful artwork to be reproduced and shared — a generous act of democratizing beauty, ensuring art lived beyond one pair of hands.
And then I found Kevin Potter, a trained fine jeweler, tool and die maker, and modern preservationist, rescuing crates of 150-year old steel dies from forgotten factories across the world. His work felt like a continuation of the same story: salvaging the art of human hands from extinction. It was everything I had been searching for — a way to merge my love of history, craft, and connection into something tangible.
That’s when Phoenix Silver truly began.
Why I Make
Phoenix Silver was born from fire: an unrelenting need to translate a time of personal pain into accessible, meaningful art, and loss into a lasting victory — not just for me, but for all of us.
It’s grown into a joyful expression of living — a collection of moments that hold accomplishment, loss, recovery, growth, change, and hard-won triumph. Each new piece, and each new customer, becomes part of that evolution — proof that beauty doesn’t end at survival; it keeps reshaping itself into strength.
I make jewelry to honor women who keep showing up — for themselves, for others, for the world.
Each piece is designed to steady you, to remind you that beauty and strength walk beside you. Not as symbols to display, but as companions of meaning — small, tangible proofs of everything you’ve lived through and everything you’re still becoming.
Phoenix Silver Brand Values
1. Celebrate and Support Transformation
Our journeys aren’t always pretty, but they are always powerful. Phoenix Silver honors the process of becoming — not just the rise, but the rest.
2. Authenticity Without Apology
We express our truths fully, even when it’s uncomfortable. Courage and visibility are forms of artistry.
3. Commitment to Sustainability
I work with reclaimed metals and responsibly sourced stones in a 100% solar-powered studio because care for the earth is part of care for each other.
4. Preserving Art and Legacy
Every talisman begins with a century-old carving, saved from the burn pile, an echo of the women and artisans who came before us.
5. Connection as Legacy
The hands that press, the women who wear, the stories we carry — Phoenix Silver is built on shared connection.
In Short
At Phoenix Silver LLC, I create modern talismans, pressed from history, to honor the millions of remarkable everyday women who keep showing up.