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My Nonna Annie has been the biggest influence in my life. Thanks to her many talents, she taught me how to crochet, sew, embroider, and the appreciation of nature and plants. Most of all she showed me how to believe in magic.

Over the years collecting baubles, feathers, sea shells and shiny trinkets i began to make jewelry. In the late eighties i found myself working as a glass artist. Sandblasting glass eventually took a toll on my health and thanks to acupuncture i was once again able to breath. I was so enamored with Chinese Medicine that i decided to become an acupuncturist. I believed that my days as an artist were behind me as i pursued building a practice.

In the beginning Planet Calamari was created as a self publishing company. During my years of acupuncture school i wrote a few books on herbal medicine and eventually more on alternative medicine.

And as fate would have it, my love of creating returned. Inspired by nature, the wooie wooie, and a touch of whimsy a new line of jewelry and mixed media art has evolved. Coming full circle, art has been a healing force in my life.

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