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Juried Status: Virginia Artisan

Media: Jewelry:  Precious Metal Clay,  Precious/Semi-Precious Stone,

Artist Statement:

Silver, gold, minerals, stones and glass. I work with earth-based products. Gathered with care and joined in design so that each finished piece speaks for itself. I invite you to wear my art jewelry and enjoy the 'listening'. My work space if half natural history museum and half art studio. Jars of fossils and sea shells keep company with sketch books holding dried fauna. Storage drawers may hide large seed pods or cut bamboo. I always hunted for specimens of nature's beauty, wherever I lived or travel. These are my muse. As an illustrator I sought to record, accurately, images for reproduction. I am grateful that those colors, luminosities and forms influences my jewelry. Imagination is at play. Metal clays are an exciting new material in jewelry. I love Fine Silver. I can capture the strong veins of a palm leaf by brushing the leaf with liquid silver paste. I can alter the clay's texture and tone. A favorite pendant design swaddles a natural stone--like Unakite-- (found locally in the Rose River) with a silver drape secured by handcrafted prongs.