Metal is my mantra...the torch my tantalizer

I have always loved working with my hands.   I learned to sew watching both my grandmothers pedal out stitches on their Singers.  My first creations were Barbie clothes, so you know I've been at this quite a while.  Over the years I have been infatuated by fiber arts, needlework, painting, pottery, sculpting, stained glass ...you name it, I've tried it.  My current seduction is metal.  I love to cut it, forge it, torch it, bend it, twist it, add enamel or patina to it.  I love to make each piece a picture of life, often incorporating found objects and mementos of people or places I have been.  Metal is a wonderful medium for this.

I have lived in and around Houston, Texas, pretty much all my life.  When I was a kid one of my favorite things to do was climb trees.  Now I live in The Woodlands in a treehouse of sorts.  It's an upside down house, with the living area, kitchen and master bedroom upstairs.  Every window in my house produces stunning views of tall pines.  It's a great place to create jewelry and hang out with my husband and my little English bull terrier rescue, Stella.

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