Over thirty years ago, I was selling silver rings on the beach in Santa Barbara. I worked my way up, self-taught except for the Revere Academy, to working as a craftsman showing in the ACC fairs and finally as house goldsmith in various stores in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Most of my work is lost wax casting in gold. Now I am enjoying semi-retirement in the Pacific Northwest. Living on an island, Orchid is allowing me to feel a part of the jewelry community that my physical isolation does not allow. Thank you.