Bio

      I have always been interested in body adornment. From the first time as a kid, as I covered myself with paint, stickers and band-aid’s, I have always enjoyed the pursuit of decorating my body.
      I grew up in Philadelphia. I spent almost every Sunday of my teenage years going out to my Grandfathers coppersmithing shop with my cousin. There, he patiently taught us basic jewelry making using coppersmithing techniques. Growing up in the city, I often found myself picking up strange and interesting objects off the street. Rusty washers, bottle caps, different stuff would catch my eye. This led to looking at things that were discarded in a different way. I wanted to incorporate these things into my art.
      As I went to college to study  metalsmithing, I was able to bring with me strange ideas of things that I wanted to incorporate into my work and also some of the unusual thinking that I learned from my grandfather.
      I graduated from the School for American Craftsmen in Rochester, NY in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I have been an independent jewelry maker since, and now I have my studio in Seattle, WA.

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