Gallery To view pieces which are available for purchase please click on the 'collections' link above.                           "Cats!", 1.25"x2" My first piece of enameling, a cat face broach, that sold almost instantly, to a cat lover, of course.   Fleur-de-Lys," 2"x2" A brooch that won an award in a contest run by the American Pearl Company. Once in a while a piece flows along with no technical problems: this brooch was one of these. Someone saw a photo of it in "Lapidary Journal, called me, and purchased it.   Triangle Medley III," 3.5"x1.5" The design of this brooch is based on the Honduran seam opal set towards the top of the piece. The enameling was a real challenge as I tried to mock the opalescence of the stone. When I took it out of the kiln on the final firing, I said "Yes!             Wings Learning How to Crawl IV," 9"x6.5" I did a long series of these "Wings" pieces shortly after I began enameling, almost all of them neckpieces.   The Way Through I," 3"x6"x6.5" This bowl is handformed from 14 gauge copper. For those of you not in the know about metal working, this is one thick piece of copper to hammer into a bowl form. I love beating my metal. This bowl was accepted into a lot of juried shows.   "Reflection Series: Turning Inward," 1.5"x2". Another rather long series, but in this series all of the pieces are brooches. I thought this particular work was one of the more successful, and it was also the first piece in which I succeeded making the opal enamel opal.             "Looks Like a Fish III," 2"x2.5". I always liked this brooch as it seems so cheerful. The piece sold at a show in Australia. The man who purchased it came to an open studio, recognized my work, and told me he had purchased it as a gift for his mother who lived in Seattle.   "Wings Learning How to Crawl XII," 12"x8". Another neckpiece in my "Wings" series.   "Tsunami," 3.5"x3"x3". A pierced plique-a-jour vessel.             "Woman Loses It," 5"x7". What can I say? It was a hard period of my life. All three of my adult children were having problems of one kind and another. When the third one called to tell me she ahd gotten a positive pap smear, I literally fell to the floor.   "Nautilus I," 5"x6"x1". A neckpiece which seemed to have a universal appeal, an unusual circumstance for my work.   "Landscape Series: Lake & Sky," 11.5"x10.5" (unframed). A piece of plique-a-jour with tapestry weaving. I love doing these pieces, but each one takes about 2 months to complete.             "Landscape Series: Clouds at Sunset," 10"x7.5". Another tapestry with plique-a-jour.   "Going to the Zoo," 7"x6.5"x5". This neckpiece includes several enameled beads along with a lot of black onyx beads.   "Homage to the Angels," 4"x5.5"x5". An early neckpiece, named because someone said that it looked like the Hell's Angels logo.             "O Those Pigeons," 10"x6.5". My first neckpiece.   "Ode to the Lepidoptera III," 3"x1.5". Another piece made for the American Pearl Company contest, this one was broken in transit and was not juried for the show. The upper wing is plique-a-jour. The brooch is designed to be worn high on the shoulder so that light can pass through this wing.   "Shadow Love," 5"x9"x8". My largest plique-a-jour vessel. I dropped this piece twice taking it out of the kiln, each time when it was essentially finished.