“I believe that inspiration for work, any work, can be found everywhere; in art, nature, architecture, food, souvenirs, found objects, high and low design, books, magazines and much more. It was after taking a beginner’s beadwork class in 2004 that beadwork became my main medium, the main means of sharing my many inspirations. Beads are tantalizing and my goal in stitching them together, by hand and often just one or two bits at a time, is to create unusual, high-quality statement pieces that turn beads into gems.”