I design and fabricate one-of-a kind wearable treasures with precious and semi-precious stones, fossils and minerals using sterling silver, 14k and 18k gold. I integrate unusual stones and fossils of all colors shapes and sizes,as well as both precious and semiprecious stones. It was during a three year period in th … Read more I design and fabricate one-of-a kind wearable treasures with precious and semi-precious stones, fossils and minerals using sterling silver, 14k and 18k gold. I integrate unusual stones and fossils of all colors shapes and sizes,as well as both precious and semiprecious stones.

It was during a three year period in the Peace Corps while living in Venezuela and Ecuador that I was continuously drawn to "the magic" of the stones and pre-Columbian objects found in these countries, and "wanted to find a wearable use for them." The stones often suggest what type of jewelry I will design. Sometimes I have a stone in my studio for years before it speaks to me.