Jewelry designer, goldsmith and enamelist for over 10 years. Instructor and Metals studio manager for the Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield, CT since 1998. Instructor at the Silvermine Guild of Arts in New Canaan, CT. Maintains own studio in Ridgefield, CT. AB Smith College, primarily self-taught in metals and enameling. Classes taught at Brookfield and Silvermine include Basic Jewelry Making, Intro to Jewelry through Wire, Using Resin as a Surface Embellishment and at Silvermine, Basic Enameling. Also taught at the Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ. I am often asked where an idea for a piece comes from. Images seem to simply come to me, a gift that I dare not examine too closely for fear that it might disappear. The real thought process for a piece does not begin until I am ready to construct it. I love the complicated process of figuring out how to make something. Like many artists I have been creating things ever since I can remember out of whatever happened to be available. Metal is the material that I seem to be drawn to the most, though. I have always included stones in my work, drawn by their sparkle and color but they have never completely satisfied me. I wanted more. Then one day I was introduced to enameling - the art of fusing opaque and transparent glass to metal.   >>