Hello, I’m Mae.

I am a self-taught silversmith living in a small town on the Western Slope of Colorado. I’m a creator, a visionary, a nature enthusiast, a land steward, and a student of the unseen.

Like any craft practiced over time, my work has evolved and matured with me. But the undercurrent that has always remained - the essence I return to again and again - is simplicity. What I’ve come to understand is that simplicity takes effort. It takes discipline. It asks you to remove, to discern.

Trust me, I’ve tried adding - believing that becoming a better artist meant adding more to my designs. That conditioning is something I’ve come to challenge through my work. That less is often more.

I hope the essence you feel in my work is grounding, timeless, and powerful. I’m drawn to the organic shapes and textures distilled from the natural world, and to the quiet, gritty strength of the Southwest.

I live on a beautiful 50-acre guest ranch that a friend and I purchased in 2023 - land that had been abandoned for decades. And so began a new way of living, of stewarding and reviving this special place, which is now also home to my dream art studio.

This land, and the new sense of being it has invited me into, has become deeply intertwined with my creative practice. The land teaches patience, resilience, discipline, and rhythm - and those lessons inevitably find their way into my work.

I believe that tending to our creative fires is more important than ever. In an increasingly chaotic world of screens, optimizations, and noise, making things with our hands - shaping raw materials into something meaningful - connects us to our humanity. It helps keep the scales balanced and our feet firmly planted on the ground. This authenticity of human creativity feels like the most valuable currency we have, and one I am committed to tending to.

So that’s me. Continuing to shape metal, follow my curiosity, and refine the quiet language of simplicity.

Thank you for being here.

xoxo
Mae