Through high school I experimented with embellishing garments with buttons, beads, embroidery…whatever I could get my hands on. Then in college I took one jewelry class. At the time, I was majoring in Music Performance and Art History. I liked the jewelry class, but at the time, it really didn't turn me on. I didn't own any of the tools for making jewelry, and it just seemed like too much trouble. I found a true love in ceramics and added it as a minor. I could spend hours throwing pots and making beautiful vessels, and lovely large bowls. I was lucky in that my Art History teacher recognized that my true passion was in "making", not in writing about what others have made. Soon after, I left college and became a floral designer.

As a floral designer, I was able to use everything I had learned in my design classes, and my education in art gave me an edge. Designing with flowers was very natural for me. I worked in the industry for 11 years. And I was at the top of my field when I left.

I became interested in jewelry purely by accident. I made a few pair of earrings and brought them to my office to sell, because I was utterly broke, with days until pay day. Then the gals started asking for more. And that is how it started.

I consider myself to be a self taught jewelry artist. All of the skills I use, I have taught myself. With each piece I try to push the design or use an element I haven't used before. I have a discerning eye and let my intuition guide me. I work full time in Technical Services at a large library, and am a professional cellist. My string quartet has a full gig schedule. My hope and goal is to be making jewelry full time and teaching regularly out of my studio."