“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” - Dolly Parton

Sondra Sherman, an internationally renowned artist, creates jewelry that amplifies the emotional and cultural dimensions of adornment, influenced by ten years spent in Munich, Germany. Her work deeply considers the distinctive power of jewelry to shape identity, carry memory, and express the unspeakable.⁠

In GARDEN, Sherman’s pieces engage with nature as something psychological, encoded, and shaped by human experience. Flora becomes a proxy—standing in for longing, silence, grief, or grace. ⁠

In her series Anthophobia: Fear of Flowers, botanical medicinals created in steel become a complex language of discomfort and contradiction. These are not sentimental flowers—they’re charged symbols, balancing beauty with unease. ⁠

Woman's Home Companion, a steel brooch with an amethyst slice, was inspired by the thick book it resides in, a compilation from the WHC magazine. Like all works in the ‘Found Subjects’ series, the brooch responds to the title and offers the ‘companionship’ of a piece of jewelry featuring a floral form and gemstone, both said to lower stress and relieve pain. ⁠

Challenging boundaries and questioning assumptions by means of a visually seductive and masterful handling of materials, these works speak to how flowers (and jewelry) are used culturally: to decorate, to commemorate, to console, to heal, to protect, and sometimes to hide.⁠