About

Jewelry was only a hobby for me while I attended art school in New York City in the early 1980's. Graphic Design was the focus of my studies but I was also working on other creative interests, including silk screening, photography, clothing design and jewelry design. During my 12-year career in the field of Graphics I created jewelry for fun and profit.

After moving to California from the East Coast in 1985, I began studying the art of hat-making. My mother had many talents. One of them was sewing. I inherited her sewing skills and hat making was a natural fit for me. I began marketing my hat and jewelry creations at arts & crafts festivals and neighborhood street fairs in my area. I left the field of Graphics in 1992 to work full-time as a milliner for a local hat shop in San Diego. During that time I was learning the art of silver and gold jewelry fabrication in a fully equipped Craft Center on the campus of UCSD in beautiful La Jolla, California. The hat shop where I worked also sold fine Artisan Designer Jewelry and it wasn’t long before my new designs were added to the shop’s collection. After 2 years of intensive studies with a master goldsmith at the Craft Center, I became a teacher’s assistant for another 7 years. Sadly, the craft center is no longer there. The knowledge I acquired during those years, however, will last a lifetime. Since July of 2000 I have worked full-time as a Master Goldsmith and Blacksmith.