The Maker

The Woman Behind AVMM

I am a life artist and maker. My practice is rooted in the art of living — the conscious cultivation of beauty, harmony, sensuality, deeper meaning, and connection with everyday life.

I call this practice Modern Folk Living, a philosophy you can explore more deeply here.

I see life itself as an ongoing creative practice. Through the rhythms of the body and the season, the tending of home and self, the exploration of the sacred, and the making of things, I seek to bring the earthly and the elevated into closer relationship. To find the extraordinary within the ordinary, and to make space for a more embodied, awakened way of being.

My work does not belong to a single medium. It takes shape through clothing, textiles, spaces, rituals, imagery, words, and the countless small acts of creation that make up a day and a life. These are not separate pursuits, but expressions of the same underlying devotion.

I am drawn to the essential rather than the excessive. To natural materials, thoughtful craftsmanship, instinct, and simplicity. To beauty, not merely for how it looks, but for how it makes us feel — more present, more grounded, more sensual, more connected to ourselves and to the world around us.

At the heart of my practice is the meeting of seeming opposites: the sacred and the sensual, the mystical and the practical, wildness and rootedness, stillness and expression. I am interested in the place where these qualities meet, where heaven and earth become one lived experience.

I do not see my work as a collection of finished objects, but as an evolving body of work emerging from a lifelong process of exploration, cultivation, and becoming. What I create is both an expression of this practice and an invitation for others to experience something of it themselves.

Ultimately, my work is in service of connection — to the body, to nature, to the sacred, and to the deeper self.

An invitation to come home to oneself, again and again.

A Bit More About Me

Originally from California, I have called Berlin home for nearly twenty years. I live and work in Prenzlauer Berg, where I balance motherhood with an evolving creative practice.

My background is in clothing design, and I continue to design and make garments for AVMM, while tailoring for private clients, offering alterations, repairs, and creative transformations from my small Berlin studio.

Beyond the sewing table, my interests wander freely through mythology, traditional wisdom, abstract art, architecture, dance, domestic rituals, and the rhythms and cycles of nature. Natural materials, the changing seasons, the expressive beauty of the human body in movement, the female experience, and the quiet poetry of everyday life endlessly inspire me.

Much of what I share through A Very Modern Muse begins in my own life — through things I'm making, questions I'm exploring, and small discoveries along the way.

You can explore more of my thoughts, inspirations, and creative explorations in the AVMM Journal.

You can also find out more about my Tailoring & Alteration services here.