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​​"How did you learn to make jewelry?"
I took a jewelry class while attending the St. Mary's College of Maryland. As soon as I started working with metal I knew it was the path I wanted to follow. I received my BFA from the School for American Craftsmen at The Rochester Institute of Technology in 1992. I also have taken various workshops both within my medium but love to challenge myself with other media. I make one-of-a-kind, limited production, and custom jewelry. On occasion an olive fork, berry spoon might come off my bench. I participate in fine art and craft shows, teach classes and workshops and privately tutor students in their studios offering tips, tricks and problem solving in MD, DC or VA.
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“How do you come up with your ideas?"
Ideas come from the impressions of all I see, hear and touch. Saying this clearly risks sounding trite and unfocused, but for me sensory and visual gifts are everywhere and I am a sponge. They get absorbed, gently distilled, stored in no particular order. When I can access that vault of juicy visual information and I am connected to the fundamentals of my creative process the best work gets made.

textures like this simply light up my world
awesome hammer
a messy bench and Moses
my beautiful handheld vice
garden wire
graphite on sterling
textured sterling
sketches

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