This series combines some of my personal iconography and family history. As a child my parents were avid rock hounds, and my sister and I were often dragged into the wilderness in search of quartz crystals, fossils and gold. Now, as an adult, those memories are invaluable.  These sculptures are part of a new body of work in which I cultivate crystals over objects - creating overnight a sense of the preciousness that can take mineral formations millennia to grow.