B.A. IN ART WHILE IN COLLEGE WORKED AS POLISHBOY IN RETAIL JEWELERY SHOP THEN STARTED "MESSING AROUND" ON THE BENCH WHERE THINGS JUST SEEMED TO HAPPEN NATURALLY. TRAINED UNDER JA MASTER GOLDSMITH FOR 4 YEARS IN MANUFACTURING FACILITY WHERE " WE DID MORE STONESETTING IN ONE WEEK THAN MOST RETAIL JEWELERS DO IN A YEAR!" OPENED MY OWN TRADESHOP OUT OF MY HOME IN 2000 DOING WORK BOTH STONESETTING WORK FOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADESHOP WORK FOR RETAIL JEWELERS. IN 2003 WE MOVED TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION.