Ever since I heard there was a class in my high school in which I could play with fire, I was hooked! Turns out I love designing, manufacturing and fabricating with various metals. So much so that I make all of the pieces you see here myself. I've worked in several mediums, but keep coming back to metal work, large and small.

My fascination with fabrication deepened when I spent some years in the San Francisco Bay area welding, machining and blacksmithing for several architectural fabrication shops. It was like making jewelry for buildings! I became aware of manufacturing and tool and die making, I learned so much! I often make or modify tools to create new designs as well as preserve my hands and body. Even though I know I'm not the first metalsmith to do this, it's very empowering. I can go to the studio and keep learning for life. I do take a lot of classes, and have learned from some of the very best creative minds in Denver and California. I even dragged my family to a blacksmithing conference in Kentucky to see Elizabeth Brim do a demo once, among many other amazing metal artists.

The obsessive-compulsive part of my personality has found a home in finishing. I can spend all day polishing one piece, making it just perfect. This is the part that most people are tempted to skimp on, but I don't care if it's getting shipped half way around the world, it has to be perfect before it leaves my bench.

My business goal is to make unique wearable pieces of small sculpture that working people like myself can afford, so my Etsy line is affordable and can be casual or dressed to the hilt. My designs are intended for men and women alike.