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My artistic life started in junior high school when I took an art class. One of the lessons was in clay and I loved it. But I had a busy life ahead of me as I traveled quite a bit with my parents showing horses for hunting and jumping. But I was always doing something artistic such as needlepoint or embroidery work.
After college my career and traveling were more important. Having traveled many areas of the world I still wanted to do something artistic. Being able to see many cultures and their artwork I made a promise to myself I would fulfill my artistic side somehow once again.
10 years ago I took an off loom class on peyote and was hooked. Hooked on beads of any kind. Glass, crystals, polymer and the list goes on. Wherever I traveled I would find a bead store and drag my poor husband along. I have taken many beading classes as well as much self teaching (naturally with the help of great books and DVD) on many related art forms.
Then I found lampworking and an incredible instructor Marcia Kmack at Cave Creek Glassworks in Cave Creek, AZ. Lampworking has been an incredible experience and to enhance my lampwork beads I have acquired my Level II Certification for PMC (Precious Metal Clay), which I will be teaching at a local bead store Cosmopolitan Beads also in Cave Creek , AZ. Check the Schedule & News Section for a current listing of my teaching and show schedule.
Affiliations
ISGB.org
PMC Guild
Craft Counsil of America
Polymer Clay Guild
St. Baldrick's (a charity that is near and dear to my heart, we shave our heads to raise money for a cure for children's cancer)
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