About

Upside Down in Paradise is a series of jewelry which explores imaging the natural and cultural landscape of Southern California. Using photographs taken while on the road, these pieces express the poetic paradoxes found in the day to day of ‘California Dreamin’. While Upside Down in Paradise is situated within a particular geographical locale, its subject is inherently universal. The culture of California is a microcosm of the United States, filled with a diversity of ethnicities and social histories. The experience of (re)locating oneself in an unfamiliar place is one that is shared as are …