To understand my art, know these things about me:

• I never throw away old jewelry, beads, ephemera, wire, ribbon, fabric, leather or tools. (I really do still have stuff acquired in grade school - that is several decades of collecting.)
  
• Anything with a hole in it is a bead - including food or a rusty bit found in a parking lot. (Actually, a hole isn't even really required, thanks to wire, glue, bezels and a growing list of tools.)
  
• If you can poke a needle or a wire into something, you can put beads on it. (The tactile nature of beads is much of the fun.)
  
• The sparklier, the better -- If I was a bird, I'd be a crow. (Except that I'd really like to have the feathers of the male peacock!)
  
• One of the best things about my art is the tools I get to use.  (From my dad's old hammer to my new bench grinder, my tools are my friends... sentimental, useful, faithful....and I am eager for more.)

Unlike many artists, most of my art is made for the simple joy of the creative process. While I'm certainly inspired by everything I see, I'm not very deep - my jewelry is not talismanic, carries no special  meaning or message. After trying to make things I hoped people would buy, I have decided to just make what I like, and see who else does too.