I make jewelry with seed beads and natural gemstones. In my metalsmithing, I work with copper and silver, making pendants, bracelets, rings. And some bolos too!  I am currently apprenticeing with Chris Sewell in McAlester , OK . The last three years I attended silversmithing classes in Norman , OK with Elyse Bogart at the Firehouse School of Art. I took some classes in Taos, NM from Marilyn Nicholson who has lessons in her home , (a 100yr. old adobe house in Taos). She is the instructor for the Taos School of Metalsmithing. I found out about Elyse through Marilyn. Sept 2008. I have enrolled in my 2nd forging workshop with the renowned Artist , John Cogswell. I love hammering on my anvil and applying texture to silver, copper, or brass. Or just shaping the metal with my hammers. Every class has been a great learning experience.  Chris Sewell ( who is also choctaw indian) has given me the opportunity to work with gold and lost wax casting, another one of the oldest forms of jewelry making. I have pieces of my jewelry for sale at the new SOFA Art Gallery located at 30 E. Choctaw in McAlester, OK.   I love to read.  I have an elementary teaching certificate and a bachelor's in Human Resources Management.  But making jewelry is my passion. I never tire of learning and the challenge of creating my pencil designs into metals. I plan to be on the road and setup at more shows this coming year!

How's the song go?..There Never Seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do.. Once you Find Them!!!!   Wow,that is so true .