This past year has been an exciting one. I've been on several trips across Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and California self-collecting and/or sourcing directly from the mines some very excellent lapidary material for my artwork.
A little about myself. I was exposed to rockhounding through my maternal grandparents and the passion was later reinforced when I moved to Arizona. I can remember the day when my grandmother showed me a blue pendant she had just completed. She had handcrafted the pendant and sterling silver setting from material my they had self-collected in the field. It was an eye catching piece of art.
Professionally, I obtained my lapidary training through the Mesa Art Center in Mesa, Arizona under instructor Robert Bortfeld. I continued under Bob expanding my lapidary training to also include the art of Stone Intarsia.
