Throughout the 1970's and early 1980's production jewelry pieces were sold through shops and galleries throughout the east coast and at various craft fairs including the ACC Shows. Also during this time thefirst purely sculptural pieces were made in steel and stainless steel producing a lasting and continuing effect on the jewelry designs with an expanded awareness of the "volume" of each piece.

After returning from a year working in Kyoto, Japan in 1987 the focus switched to making and exhibiting more one of a kind pieces in selected galleries and group shows as well as at their own gallery in Chatham. The range of work includes two distinct types of jewelry in both precious metals and specialty Japanese alloys which are treated with traditional patinas, hollowware, utensils and sculpture which are are both fabricated and cast.

My pieces are not statements in themselves, they are compositions and a successful composition is achieved when the abstract qualities of harmony, rhythm and dynamic balance are expressed and integrated using the sculptural elements of three dimensional form, texture and color.

The technical inspirations of my work as a metal smith come from my commitment to working with and emphasizing the qualities of the metals I use i.e. color, luster, hardness and malleability and extending the potential of these properties with the techniques of metalworking for more than merely mechanical purposes.

An important underlying principle in my work is the commitment to working with and experimenting with many different metals and alloys for their different color values used either singly or in combination, and particularly when patinated with various processes. As I have become familiar with the characteristics of the metals I use and sensitive to the properties of each, it is often these qualities which, in a very real sense, "shape" the work.

As an artist, one is not always working with what you know but with what you don't know. You make something to leam something, you create the thing that will teach you what you want to leam, and although I produce many different kinds of pieces which have a wide variety of "looks" I hope there is a certain quality to them which will identify them as being from my hand and I am always pleased when people can recognize them as such.

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