I'd been doing art shows for 10 years when I felt the need to expand my work beyond painting. So I decided to create jewelry as a way of augmenting my income as an artist. The jewelry evolved over time rather slowly, since I had no training as a jeweler and I didn't actually wear jewelry. My early pieces were pretty awful but it was the 80s and everything we wore was awful. So what began as an economic necessity became a passion for me. I really enjoyed the process of designing and creating something to wear that expressed my personality and I enjoyed the attention to color and detail that was so important in creating a unique style of jewelry.

Garry and I were living in Miami in 1992 when hurricane Andrew resulted in the loss of Garry's job when his building was destroyed. At the time I was seven months pregnant so we decided to work together. We collaborated And worked hard to create lightweight durable and fun jewelry. We were also full-time parents to Zach (our greatest creation). He has always had my back and I feel very fortunate to have a partner like Garry. One of our friends called him an Angel but I’m not willing to go that far! Let’s just say I’m blessed to have him for a husband!  He’s also the best roadie a street artist could have asked for.