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Much of my work deals primarily with line and line quality. I look to make a line, through manipulation by hand or hammer, come alive in original forms. I strive for lines that breathe life into objects and give viewer's a new life experience: discovering anew objects by embracing their whimsy, aesthetic and function.
I seek lines that infuse everyday objects, such as spoons, vessels and rings, objects of common day-to-day life and relationships, with uncommon fun and celebration.
From 1993-1997 my training in metals came through community art centers such as the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, and Thomas Jefferson Art Center, Arlington, VA. These were supplemented by attendance at Penland, Arrowmont, and Craftsummer, as well as local guild workshops. I received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2004.
Over the past ten years I have participated in exhibitions in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Additionally, I participated in retail craft shows in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and Canada.
My work has been included in the Mizel Museum, Denver, CO
Congregation Or Chadash, Scottsdale, AZ - Torah Crowns
Temple Har Sinai, Owings Mills, MD - Holocaust Torah Breastplate
Temple Har Shalom, Park City, UT - Five Books Torah Breastplate, Torah Crowns
2006 Niche Award Finalist-Hollowware
2004 Niche Award Winner-Judaica
2004 Niche Award Finalist-Judaica
2004 Niche Award Finalist-Hollowware
“500 Judaica”
"500 Handmade Books" Lark Books, 2008
“500 Earrings” Lark Books, 2007
“Court Adjourned for Crafts,” Atlanta Jewish Times, March 9, 2007
“Metalwork 2006”
Craft Magazine, June/July 2004
“1000 Rings” Lark Books, 2004
“Refined III”, 2004
“Off the Shelf, Under the Influence,” 2003
“Texas National, 2003,” 2003
“Metalwork, 2002,” 2002
“Metalwork, 2000,” 2000
“Metalwork ’96,” 1996
| 2011 | President, New Mexico Metalsmiths Guild |
| 2010 | Guest Lecturer, University of New Mexico - Taos |
| Oral History Project, Penland School of Craft | |
| 2005 | Visiting Artist, Penland School of Craft |
| 2002-2006 | Member, Board of Directors, Society of North American Goldsmiths. |
| 2001 | Researcher, "Tevet to Av, Celebrating Contemporary Judaica," University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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