Biography

Through her depictions of plants, animals and stars, Melanie’s work examines time, motion and the changing environment that surrounds us all.  She was born and raised in upstate New York in a family of scuba divers and home economics teachers.  Her career path became evident in high school, where she was fortunate to attend a high school that boasted a small but fully functioning metals and jewelry design studio.  Melanie continued her metalwork at Syracuse University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Metalsmithing.  Soon after her graduation, Melanie’s work shifted from functional jewelry and hollowware to mixed-media sculptures.

Her work has been shown nationally and she has small sculptures for sale in a number of stores and galleries across the country, including the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN.  Melanie currently resides in Houston, TX.