Renate has always been drawn to the talismanic possibilities that jewelry offered since spending many childhood hours perusing the eclectic museums of the rural Four Corners filled with jewelry of power.  Curating her own menagerie of mineral oddities and gems ranging from the ethereal to something only a mother could love, her work evokes the natural, supernatural, and feelings of non-linear nostalgia. Charged with intention and guided by the spirits of curiosity, these are pieces hand wrought as personal talismans of magic, protection, and healing.