Jewelry has always been a hands-on passion for Kathy, a life-long maker, designer, and crafter. Her jewelry career sprouted when she received professional representation in 1996 after she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in graphic design. Wire allowed her to apply her training to a totally different outlet. As a graphic designer, Kathy worked in the abstract concepts of usability, flow, white space, and message. While it is easy to see the influences of graphic design in Kathy’s linear wire jewelry, the wire has expanded the dimensions to become a sculptural outlet for her to explore a new design aesthetic — the blank pages have been replaced by ears, wrists, necks, and fingers. Her restrained use of color flows from her emphasis on contrast, structure, and balance — positive and negative space — tension, and kineticism — all expressed in her handcrafted constructions.