I have been designing and making my own jewelry since 1998. I am an entirely self-taught jeweler. My background was mostly scholarly. I taught and published on Critical Thinking for more than 20 years as a PhD Professor of French Literature. For years, I worked mostly on big silver sculptural one-of-a-kind pieces, using precious stones, shells, fossils and drusy. I decided later to turn to a less traveled area of jewelry making. After years of trials and errors with various brands of new high tech Epoxies and Bakelite, I finally created a line of silver jewelry inlaid with a bright and colorful Gem Grade resin. I would describe my personal style as “classical”. I love abstraction and complexity but when it comes to designs, I lean towards a more subdued expression, looking mostly for character, movement and classical beauty. Art pieces in jewelry must remain timeless beautiful adornments that complement and enhance the body; they cannot be full of themselves or so arcane that they become disconnected from their true purpose.