about

hello, i'm sam! currently based in Oakland CA, 22 years old, and both navigating and drifting amongst the strangeness of being alive as this time in human existence.

i recently graduated from uc berkeley where i couldn't even really explain to you what i did and learned there. i took classes in 7+ disciplines, helped run a class called Ideas on Consciousness, helped run another class called Collective Imagination, Storytelling and Futurisms, would spend 8+ hours by myself in this empty office building on campus every week while working for the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and finally, wrote my senior thesis on digital creation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

in august 2023, something clicked that i am still trying to figure out today. i bought some beads and ofselfandworld came to be. i can be a very indecisive person, but that day i chose to merge with this new idea i would call ofselfandworld and embark on the creative journey. 

in my creations, i aim to incorporate bits of my self and world.

but my jewelry is very relational. relational in that for me, it is the connections i create and become a part of that are always most important to me. the jewelry itself might be created by my hands, but it's built on experiences engaging with the world, and is meant to go on and create different meanings for every person ofselfandworld reaches. i aim for every piece i make and for those who choose to support me, to find that their experience be like how i chose ofselfandworld that one august day. 

if you want to discover more about the artistic vision behind ofselfandworld, see the manifesto.

thank you for being here ◡̈ 

- sam