WHO I AM:
I was blessed with a eye for anything beautiful,elegant,top quality,with the ability of standing out from the rest.. One might say,jewelry was my calling....I live & breathe jewelry & it has always been the focus of my life...Wearing 'big' and a lot,seems to always have been apart of me. I am what you call a 'over the top' kind, in not only my tastes in jewelry,but my fashion,as well. Ho
w I started in in the SW jewelry business,was back in 1973, when at that time,I moved to New Mexico from Oregon (by way of Chicago,Berkeley & Colorado) so I can be in a sunny state because of the clouds & rain of Oregon..That was one of the smartest moves I made,because I would not be where I am today or know as much as i know about the business & what I sell,if it wasn't for that move. At that time,I ended up becoming a silversmith while living in Albuquerque..This was when many more turquoise mines were still open & you could get 'natural',as well as much less per carat,turquoise. My specialty was making Zuni inspired pieces & found myself,creating cluster work & setting LOTS of tiny 2 mm stones..Workmanship" was drilled in me to no end,which has lead me to "what" I buy & "how" I buy, to this day . Because of my love of all jewelry styles, it opened up having knowledge in all facets, pertaining to jewelry & giving me experience in not only SW sterling pieces,but in gold,as well.. I have experience in all gems,cuts of gems,era style jewelry..My real love however is "Vintage Mexican jewelry" that was made in places like Taxco,Guadalajara & Mexico City,during the "Mexican Silver Renaissance"/Spratling days. I hope you love what I bring to the table that has Santa Fe written all over it! It's cultural,it's Folk Art,it's colorful,bold & it's what I love & what I am about! "Where you get the Look of Santa Fe!"
