51 years old , lived in Alaska my whole life, from Kodiak, island, i pursue jewelery making as an art form and creative outlet, i enjoy working with all metals and stones as well as bone and other metirials My father is a gemoligist and gold smith in Kodiak, i have learned a lot from him as well as virgil England, a knife maker in Anchorage, i prefer to make jewelery for women rather than men My work is a little on the heavy/rough side it has had very little market exposure outside of the small groups I travel in here in Alaska so have not had much feed back; www.ghostrocks.com