An artist since birth, and now a Grandmother, I've always like to make things.  I remember designing a small theater our of a carboard box when I was six years old.  I made the curtains so that they could be opened and closed.... and then with my LEFT BRAIN wondered how I knew to do this!  Very impressed and a bit scared I was, of this flash of insight into the working of stage curtains.  In the words of my six year old Grandson:  " I'm a scientist and and artist".  He is referring to himself, but I'd like to be both also, and I'm now old enough to be anything I want to be.

I studied Science Education in college, then went back to Nursing School, and went on to Graduate School   in Public Health, ended up being a Registered Nurse for a long long time.  Part of this experience involved running a large computer system for a hospital, so I guess I paid a lot of attention to my friends and family telling me that ART was only for a hobby.!!

Well in a long process, I've studied print making, photography,  sew clothes, dyed a whole lot of cloth, made a bunch of assemblage boxes ( still one of my favorite things), and for the last two years I've been going to college again studying metal working.

A metalsmith, that what I am.  This term relates to using all of the non-ferrous ( iron) metals such as copper, silver, brass, bronze, etc.  A blacksmith works with iron.  My jewelry features etched, banged and polished surfaces in combination with a bunch of experimental materials such as faux bone, jeweler's grade resin, enameled metal surfaces. 

I've won some awards both for my paintings and last year in the first art show I entered with my Jewelry, won some prizes in it. 

Stories, that what I like to suggest in jewelry, which is, after all, small sculpture.  Amulets and Talismans are a central focus.  I heard one of my collectors saying recently that the small pendant necklace that I made for her, was  in the words of one of her friends: "so you".  It jumped from my hand to something expressed HER personality just perfectly.  Made me very happy. 

I'm currently doing craft shows in the Southeastern North Carolina area, so come to one of the shows for your own unique piece that will become "so you".  It's designer silver jewelry for the most part, although I use copper, bronze as accent metals.  I use both sterling silver and fine silver.  Sterling Silver tarnishes somewhat because it has some small amount of another metal, usually copper in it.  Fine Silver is tarnish free.  Many of my pieces have a patina finish.  This will not come off, and because my pieces are finished with a special wax, the metal will not darken over time.  Most of my metal finishes are mat, rather than shiny. .... We art jewelers like to come up with a different look than "mall jewelry....

I welcome custom orders, as long as what I make for you I can believe in.  For example, my style is my style;  I can't pretend to make you the latest fad Goth skull and crossbones earrings.... just wouldn't fit!!, but write me with  your ideas,a nd we'll see what happens.