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Working with Masters and Singing with the Beatles
The first time I taught at Metalwerx in Waltham, Massachusetts, Cynthia Eid volunteered to be my teaching assistant, so she could test my techniques with Argentium® silver. As I said to the students in that workshop, having Cynthia TA was like having the Beatles as my backup band. Cynthia had long before discovered the educational value…
Galaxies of Inspiration and Whorls of Ideas
In late 2021, I had no idea how exponentially my life in and out of the studio would soon change when professional development instructor Jessica Abel said to Rauni Higson and me in a Zoom call, “How do you two not know each other?” It was a fair question. When Rauni and I recognized the…
Women of Strength and Power
My artwork took on a new focus around 2010 when I learned of Dame Helen Mirren’s performance as Prospera in Julie Taymor’s film production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.