My mom is an artist so I have always been surrounded with the creative process. My teenage years were filled with traveling to art shows and selling my parents handmade jewelry and my mom's wonderful paintings . It created a bug in me that has never went away.

As a single mom I was working nights and wanted more. I had never had much stick to it and was searching for something that could hold my attention.  I am now creating all of my own clay beads.  I love faces and felt the need to create something unique and different then anyone else I had ever seen. After much trial and error I now create all one of a kind pieces.  I use a clay medium so that I can express the elegance that can come from the Earth.  

Each piece begins with a high fire paper clay. Paper clay has 30% heavy fiberous paper included when it is made creating a lighter and studier product once it has been kiln fired. Both of the clays come in 25 pound blocks and I hand form and shape each individual piece. I then fire the piece. It is then glazed with up to ten different glazes for the perfect color combination. Once the clay process has been completed I begin the next step, the jewelry process. I visualize the finished piece, and then begin to make it come to life. I use an assortment of semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls, and Swarovski Crystals.

My mom is creating functional pieces for the home,  thus Fired Up Ladies Home Edition has been born.   I felt it worked right into my aesthetic so have combined our work into the one site.  Home Edition will include decorative mirrors, necklace and earring holders, wall crosses, and ornaments.