Professional Experience

• Private commissions including wedding, engagement rings, broaches and candlesticks
• Working in a variety of metals and techniques
• Displays pieces at auctions, fund raisers and juried exhibitions
• Private instruction in jewelery and metal working techniques
• Contracted for consulting, manufacturing and repair work
• Displayed in galleries including FLUX (San Francisco, CA), Shibumi Design (Berkeley, CA), and Christensenheller Gallery (Oakland, CA)

• Custom steel metal fabricator
• Consultant to work flow on projects
• Overseeing planning of studio lay out

• Managed and oversaw all aspects of production including the fabrication of various candlesticks, candelabras, and bud vases to be sold and distributed nationwide
• Manager to new hires by providing training with shop tools and machines, products design and techniques
• In charge of handling inventory of materials, supplies and studio purchases
• Distribute schedule and workflow to production assistants
• Contributed ideas for fabrication and production techniques for new tooling and future products

Jewelery and Metal Instruction

• Forming and Raising
• Basic Jewelery
• Jewelery Work Lab

• Basic Jewelery
• Intermediate Jewelery
• Weekend workshop: Beginning chain making

• Teaching a variety of classes from basic to intermediate and weekend intensives
• Teaches and develops curriculums for various classes and workshops
• Provides demonstrations at open house and special events
• Creates specialized workshops for independent parties

• Chain making workshop: Etruscan and hand-woven
• Intermediate chain making workshop
• Beginning jewelery

• Chain making workshop: Etruscan and hand-woven
• Invited to speak to the Monterey Metal Arts Guild

• Chain making workshop: Etruscan and hand woven

• Chain making workshop: Etruscan and hand woven

• Blacksmithing workshop: handmade letter openers
• Byzantine chain making

• Helped teach curriculums for classes and demonstrations

Solo and Group Exhibitions

• ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA - Urban Renaissance (in conujunction with MAG 2009)
• Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA - 14th Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction (2009)
• Craft and Design Museum, San Francisco, CA - Jewelry_cycle: Artist Discover Hidden Sparkle in the Discarded (2008)
• Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA - 13th Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction (2008)
• Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA - Critique Collective 10th Anniversary Exhibitions (2007)
• Bluespace, San Francisco, CA - Critique Collective 10th Anniversary Exhibitions (2007)
• Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA - Metal Works North Exhibition (2007)
• Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA -Imagine; Art Jewelry @ The Museum, in conjunction with MAG 2006 (2006)
• Richey Gallery Portland, ME - MECA Retrospective (2006)
• Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery Oakland, CA
  • User Friendly: Objects of Intended Use (2007)
  • Full Circle (2001)
  • MAG 2004 (2004)
  • MAG 2005 (2005)
• The Crucible Oakland, CA - Fire and Light (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Alameda Art Center Alameda, CA - From The Fire (2004)
• Velvet da Vinci San Francisco, CA - 50th Anniversary Metal Arts Guild (2003)
• Maine College of Art Portland, ME
  • Senior Thesis Exhibition (1996)
  • Alumni Show (2003)
  • Student Show (1993-1996)
  • Annual Art Auction (2000, 2004)
• Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA - Annual Art Auction (1998)

Publications

• 500 Wedding Rings “Celebrating a Classic Symbol of Commitment” - p.284, p.387 (2008)
• Lapidary Journal - Critique Collective Celebrated 10 [p.10] (October 2007)
• Sonoma Index Tribune - Sonoma, CA (2000)
• Maine College of Art Catalog - Portland, ME (1996-2000)

Activities & Awards

• Active member of the San Francisco, CA Metal Arts Guild (MAG) (1996-present)
• Member and attended various conferences of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (1996-present)
• Member of Metal Arts Critique group San Francisco (1998-present)
• 1st Runner-up for the Revere Academy Scholarship in San Francisco, CA (1999)
• Awarded Maine Jeweler’s Association Grant upon receiving BFA (1996)

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts BFA emphasis in Metalsmithing & Jewelry - Maine College of Art, Portland ME (1996)