A Mathematics Major, IBM Customer Engineer, designer of Ice Skating and World Champions Baton Twirling Costumes, Vice-President of an Electrical Contracting Firm and now Coastal Art?
From a young girl at the shores of Lake Erie to a woman on the beaches of the Greek Islands, I have always had a fascination with Sea/Beach Glass.
Eight years ago, we knocked down our cottage of 60 years on Lake Erie to build a retirement home. Low and behold, I found three glass jars full of beach glass that I collected when I was a child! I then decided to incorporate the beach glass onto the walls of my new beach house bathroom. It turned out to be the highlight of the home! (Click here to see bathroom)
I then started making jewelry during the winter months as “therapy”. My aging mother was in hospitals and a nursing home. I actually think my best designs came from the great sorrow of watching my Mother slowly get weaker and weaker. On my visits, I created beach glass jewelry.
I have enjoyed attending the last four National Sea Glass Festivals (Lewes, Delaware ~ Erie, Pennsylvania ~ Hyannis, Massachusetts ~ Long Branch, New Jersey) and am a member of the North American Sea Glass Association - NASGA – http://www.seaglassassociation.org/ and Sea Glass Collectors Network http://seaglassartists.ning.com/.
My husband and I attended the 2010 International Beachcomber Conference in Lewes, Delaware…a three day informational conference, workshop and field trip. Experts spoke about shipwrecks, beach photography, crafts, etc.
In my beachfront workshop, I have created sterling and fine silver jewelry with butane torch and silver solder. I was professionally taught by Californian Joe Silvera, silversmith. I also had wire wrapping instruction by Cheryl Perez from the famous Roycroft Campus of Arts & Crafts in East Aurora, NY.
Besides jewelry, I make notecards, beach bags, window decals and mouse pads with my ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY of beach and sea glass. The photography displays sea glass from all over the world including England, Greece, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Delaware, New York, California & New Jersey.
With the driftwood that comes ashore, I began doing "stick art". I ripped apart our sand/snow fence on the beach (husband got angry) so I could make stars & pentagonal shaped mirrored frames.... I actually created a method of embedding beachy things into RESIN and framing it with weathered fence wood. What a way to retire!
From a young girl at the shores of Lake Erie to a woman on the beaches of the Greek Islands, I have always had a fascination with Sea/Beach Glass.
Eight years ago, we knocked down our cottage of 60 years on Lake Erie to build a retirement home. Low and behold, I found three glass jars full of beach glass that I collected when I was a child! I then decided to incorporate the beach glass onto the walls of my new beach house bathroom. It turned out to be the highlight of the home! (Click here to see bathroom)
I then started making jewelry during the winter months as “therapy”. My aging mother was in hospitals and a nursing home. I actually think my best designs came from the great sorrow of watching my Mother slowly get weaker and weaker. On my visits, I created beach glass jewelry.
I have enjoyed attending the last four National Sea Glass Festivals (Lewes, Delaware ~ Erie, Pennsylvania ~ Hyannis, Massachusetts ~ Long Branch, New Jersey) and am a member of the North American Sea Glass Association - NASGA – http://www.seaglassassociation.org/ and Sea Glass Collectors Network http://seaglassartists.ning.com/.
My husband and I attended the 2010 International Beachcomber Conference in Lewes, Delaware…a three day informational conference, workshop and field trip. Experts spoke about shipwrecks, beach photography, crafts, etc.
In my beachfront workshop, I have created sterling and fine silver jewelry with butane torch and silver solder. I was professionally taught by Californian Joe Silvera, silversmith. I also had wire wrapping instruction by Cheryl Perez from the famous Roycroft Campus of Arts & Crafts in East Aurora, NY.
Besides jewelry, I make notecards, beach bags, window decals and mouse pads with my ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY of beach and sea glass. The photography displays sea glass from all over the world including England, Greece, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Delaware, New York, California & New Jersey.
With the driftwood that comes ashore, I began doing "stick art". I ripped apart our sand/snow fence on the beach (husband got angry) so I could make stars & pentagonal shaped mirrored frames.... I actually created a method of embedding beachy things into RESIN and framing it with weathered fence wood. What a way to retire!
Beachfront Studio Workshop
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Lewiston Art Festival 2011
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Grape Festival, Silver Creek, NY
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