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I was born in
Madison, Wisconsin in a household of sewing machines, fabrics, looms,
cameras, and tools, tools, tools! I studied English for two years at the
University of Wisconsin, and then switched to technical school to learn
graphics and typesetting. In 1989, I completed a vocational diploma in
Lithography, and moved to Seattle.
In 1998, my sculpture, Garden of Sleep,
juried into ‘Absolutely Beads’, hosted by Beads & Beyond in Bellevue,
Washington. I juried a necklace featuring my framed beads mixed with
handmade glass beads into the ‘Focus On Glass’ exhibition, which was
published in the May 2001 issue of Beadwork. In 2003, the technique
for my beads was included as part of the book Beadwork Creates beaded
Beads. Betty, a 15-in tall wire corset clothed in a freeform
peyote skin, will be included in Dairy Barn's juried Show ‘Bead
International 2004’. I completed Betty in 2003 after moving to the
redwoods of Northern California to live with Burt, a jazz trumpet player and
chemistry teacher, two cats, two dogs, and eighteen koi.
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