My journey into the craftsman and artists world has been with me since a child. Having grown up with both parents working from home as a Master woodworker and a Artist and being in a community of other artists and craftsmen I always loved the lifestyle of being home with your family while being able to do what you love. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of being in studios and workshops of my parents and their friends and watching them create.

My journey in metal smithing and lapidary started in my teens. I live in a small rural town in Vermont, my high school was renowned for it art programs and I was fortunate at the age of fourteen to discover my love for working with metal and stones and even more fortunate to have a amazing teacher and mentor. Often I found myself wanting to take projects a step further and my teacher would reply “I don’t know how to do that but I will learn and teach you”. By 15 I had saved enough money to buy a polishing wheel and torch. I was ready to start my life as a jeweler.. or so I thought. I deliberated on going to school but had no interest in debt and found myself graduating early, taking a regular job that I soon became bored with and wanting to travel. When I returned I found work at a local Jewelry company where I was able to expand my skills into lapidary but mostly found myself doing production. At 23 I had my first child and when I was asked what are you working on these days, I’d respond with “my masterpiece” which was indeed, not jewelry but my amazing daughter, Olive. I kept telling myself that I would get back into metalwork but as a full time single mom I just couldn’t manage it. When my daughter was almost three I decided to grab the few tools I had at the time and make some earrings. I didn’t even have a steel block or anvil at the time so I hammered them out on my concrete basement floor. This was the beginning of many years as a part time jeweler. Juggling being a mom and having a part time job for steady income I thought when my daughter entered kindergarten I’d finally have the time to devote to my craft, instead I started working on my second masterpiece, my second daughter, Opal and continued for another 5 years as a part time artists. Finally with both my kids in school and more recently a pandemic that gave me more time at home I’ve been able to put together a long overdue website where I can offer my work and do what I love most, being home with my family and creating.