Swamp & Bone

My name is Megan and I am the creator behind Swamp & Bone. 



I started S&B in 2020 with my one of a kind nature based electroformed jewelry. I started ceramics in 2021 and have since fallen in love with the medium.

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My love of insects started with my first entomology class in college and has since continued through graduate school where I researched learning behavior in parasitic wasps, working in conservation for 6 years, and finally, through preserving dead insects for jewelry. I enjoy the process of pinning and preserving insects so it was a small jump to electroforming, which takes the bugs and covers them in copper.

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My ceramics journey started with a beginners class in late 2021 when I left my conservation job. I instantly fell in love and have been working hard on improving both my wheel throwing and sculptural skills. My Meadow series is inspired by the bee surveys I conducted in my conservation job, where I spent days walking through Virginia meadows and wildflower fields sampling bees and other insects.