Although my love of rocks dates to my earliest memory, I had embarked on a nursing career, marriage and motherhood when the attraction resurfaced with a passion that wouldn’t be denied. Generous members of our rock club taught me the basics of working with silver and later I attended occasional workshops, eventually developing my own “art jewelry” style.

Using stones and crystals in their natural state or shaped and polished to reveal their beauty, I design and fabricate each piece of jewelry myself. I especially enjoy wonder-filled pieces such as ancient glass shards, meteorites, fossils, and stones which "play" with light: iridescence, translucency, schiller. When the composition is just right, I hear the stones singing beautiful clear notes. This is my “Song of the Phoenix”.