ABOUT THE ARTIST

Poet. Rock hound. Dog Sledder. Transplant from Texas.

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I tumbled into love with the North Shore Lake Superior upon first sight. 

 

After stuffing my pockets with beautiful, wave-polished stones for years, I told myself I had to make something with them or I could bring no more home.

 

I don't drill these beauties. After all, they've been intact for millions of years, first heaved from the earth's mantle, then rolled by the belly of a glacier. I don't polish them, either. I like them just as I find them.

 

Because I'm not set up as a silversmith, I had to invent a way to attach my favorite stones to other beads and chains. I learned to bend metal pieces around the stones and to wrap wire as needed.  Voila, Lake Effects Jewelry. came to be.

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