I have been a studio jeweler since 1972. I live in a resort area called Door County, Wisconsin. When I first started making jewelry, I did a lot of juried art shows. When that became too difficult to juggle with my parenting responsibilities, I started a small retail outlet in Ephraim, Wisconsin, which is located on the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The retail operation has served me well, but now that I have reached an age of being an empty nester, I wish to close the retail and go back to the studio to work full time as an art and jewelry designer. I miss not being able to work with uninterrupted time. I feel lucky to be able to do full circle on my jewelry career. I look forward to retiring from the public and enter the sanctum of my studio to work on ideas that have developed over the years, and to learn new techniques. I will once again, try to jury and be included in the fine juried art shows of the mid-west. This is an exciting phase of my life, something I didn't really expect when I started in 1972.; -