In her own words.

Throughout my life my two great loves have always been textiles and jewelry, although not necessarily in that order. That’s just the sequence of my use of them as creative and career outlets.  Although I started out in marketing and advertising, somewhere around mid-life, I realized that I was more creatively driven than marketing would allow for. I always wondered why I felt most at home in the art department.  What I wanted was to be hands on. I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands and have always been a big DIY person.  I went back to school and majored in Interior Design at St. Louis Community College at Meramec for an AA degree. After that I spent the next fifteen years as an interior designer doing everything from selling draperies to commercial and residential work. The commercial side included doing banks, offices and some hospitality.

After that midlife re-evaluation, my creative energies began to flow in a different direction as I began taking metalsmithing lessons at Craft Alliance.   It didn’t take long before I was hooked and wondering where it was all going to lead. Metalsmithing has quite a different learning curve from doing interiors. Although some of the design principles are similar, any proficiency, takes a lot longer. Nevertheless, I persevered, until I became more and involved and began doing shows. Now, I share a wonderful studio

space with another artist and I can’t seem to learn enough about working with metal.  I feel fortunate and happy to be able to do something I love and share it with others.