“I aspire to make work that connects you to yourself, deeply and powerfully, that makes your inner landscape visible.”
I believe in the power of visual expression. The very act of seeing can connect us to our core or bond us with another. And yet, what’s visible isn’t the whole story.
I am an artifact of American history, a Black woman in very light skin. Much of my treasure, my fire, my lens on the world is hidden from easy view.
My Blackness is both my rock and a tide that moves and reveals. Living this uniquely American paradox has given me gifts, a kinship with paths not widely understood. Life has made me a champion of the full spectrum of our sacredness.
I create to commune–within and without. I aspire to make work that connects you to yourself, deeply and powerfully, that makes your inner landscape visible and connects you to your world.
I’ve had the privilege to explore and seek, to be the dream my family and so much of America fought for and continues to build. I’ve been a designer of graphics, fountain choreography, shark exhibits and a children’s book set in the Himalayas. I’ve lived in NYC, LA, Orlando, Santa Fe, and the hills of the Berkshires…work has taken me to Tokyo, Melbourne, Macau, Dubai, Yeosu, Beijing and Shanghai…
…and jewelry has traveled with me always, anchored me as I explored…
It makes sense that my craving to make and design would draw me to jewelry one day. I dig designing water on a grand scale, my soul loves to stretch out and dance, and at the same time my spirit needs the deep connection that comes in stillness, the knowing. Traer Price Design is my answer to that inner call for home.
I have a small studio in St. Petersburg, FL where I am surrounded by extraordinary wildlife, tropical foliage and mother ocean. I make pilgrimages to the desert when I can, where the land literally knows my name. I feed myself with work by Art Smith, Alexander Calder, Martin Puryear, Osamu Noguchi, Nick Cave, Romare Bearden, Henri Matisse...and new brilliance I discover nearly daily. I drop into the well of ancient tribal jewelry often…and I love a creative adventure, hope you do too, welcome to Traer Price Design.
