I create necklaces with my own lamp work beads using a wide variety of colors, textures, shapes and techniques for each unique piece. In addition, I create fused glass pins, pendants, and earrings.

Publication- 1000 GLASS BEADS, LARK BOOKS, NORTH CAROLINA, 2004 Contributor
Several magazine articles.

Juried shows (a recent selection):
• Mind’s Eye Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona, 2000.
• Smith-Klein gallery, Boulder, Colorado 2001.

St. Louis:
• Phoenix Potteries, January 2003.
• St. Louis Women’s Caucus for Art, Spring, 2002 and 2003.

Juried Art Fairs (a recent selection):
• Laumeier Park, Contemporary Art Fair, St. Louis, MO., 1995-98, 2001-03, 06
• Art on the Square, Belleville, IL 2002-04.
• Art and Air, Webster Groves, MO. 2006.
• Central West End Art Fair, St. Louis, MO 1998-06.
• Craft Exhibition at Oak Brook Center in Chicago Metro area1999-06.
• Highland Park, Festival of Fine Craft, Chicago Metro area, 2006.
• Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL 2005-06.
• Cantigny Sculpture and Fine Art Show, Wheaton, Iliinois, 2002-03.
• Buffalo Grove Art Fair, Illinois, 2002. Promenade of Art: Arlington Heights, IL 2003 & 2005.
• Midwest Salute to the Masters, Fairview Heights, IL 2003.
• Woodstock Fine Art Fair, Woodstock, IL. September 2003.
• Two Rivers Art Expo, Desmoines, Iowa, 2004.
• Art at the Glen, Glenview, Il. 2004-05.

Awards:
• First prize for Jewelry at the Central West End show in 2001.
• Patrons Award, Wilmette Art Fair, 2002. Honorable Mention.
• St. Louis Women’s Caucus for Art, Spring, 2003. Merit award.
• Craft Exhibition at Oak Brook Center in Chicago, Summer 2003.
• Second Place Jewelry at the Central West End Show, 2004.

Invitational Shows (a selection)
• “The Spirit of Bead Ornamentation” with Joyce Scott and over 20 other bead artists from across the country Laumeier Sculpture Park. 1994.
• “Jewelry in June,” Saint Louis Art Museum Shop, June 2006.

Shows:
• Holiday Show, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 1997.
• American Visions Craft Gallery, Nov.-Dec. 1998.
• One-of-a-Kind Show and Sale, Chicago, December 2001, 2002 and 2003.
• Glass Show, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO. June 2006.

Shops and Galleries:
• Jewelry has been represented in shops and galleries in 16 states across the country including the Museum shop at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Saint Louis Art Museum Shop, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville KY. Pizzazz, Naples Fl, Dream Weaver Collection, Sarasota, FL, Only She in Chicago, IL carry JCD jewelry in addition to other women’s’ clothing stores.

Education:
• BAE. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963.
• MS., University of Wisconsin, 1976.
• Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987.
• Glass Classes with Master Lamp work Bead makers, Jim Smircich, Donna Milliron, Pati Walton, Stevi Belle, Kate Fowle, and Tom Holland and Sage.

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