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Booth #: GS39Artist bio: My designs deal with the interplay between structure and natural form. I begin my work by growing or collecting seeds, pods or buds, then I lift textures. I use portions of these impressions or alter them, use them as repeated elements by soldering them to various forged elements. I then use a wide variety of metalsmithing techniques to create the final design in silver, gold, stones and pearls. With decades of receiving awards, grants and experience, I have found that the most rewarding part of what I do is, making the pieces and then knowing they become a part of the collectors story.