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Education

• MFA Metalsmithing & Jewelry, 1995, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  
• BFA Major: Metalsmithing Minor:Fiber Arts, 1987, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA

Professional/Academic Experience

• Executive Director, Precious Metal Clay Guild, Mitsubishi Materials Division, 2000 to 2005
  PMC Guild is an international membership-based organization designed to inform and share information regarding Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
  
• Offices: Fort Collins, Colorado; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Maine; Nashua, New Hampshire; Tokyo, Japan
  
• Director of Education, One West Art Center (Fort Collins Museum of Art), Fort Collins, Colorado, June 1995 to December 1995
  
• Director, Arts and Crafts Program, Mililani Town Association, Mililani, Hawaii, March 1990 to December 1991
  
• Arts and Crafts Specialist, Mililani Town Association, Mililani, Hawaii, October 1998 to March 1990

Other Experience

International Workshop Presenter:

• Llotja School of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Enameling Studios, Barcelona, Spain, 2004
  
• Tokyo Art and Craft Convention, Tokyo Convention Center, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
  
• Army Arts and Crafts Program, United States Army Base, Vicenza, Italy, 2001

Teaching Experience:

• Adjunct Professor and Metalsmithing Program Coordinator, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, August 2009 to Present
  
• Senior Instructor, PMC Certification Program, PMC Guild, 2001 to 2007 One of nine specially selected instructors qualified to teach an intensive three-day workshop and evaluate technical ability in silver metal clay, held in various locations nationwide. Successful participants were certified within the PMC Guild.
  
• Workshop Presenter, “Precious Metal Clay: The New Alchemy”, University of Northern Colorado, Winter Conference, Greeley, Colorado, February, 1999
  
• Adjunct Professor, Paper Making Instructor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1998 to December 1998
  
• Adjunct Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Program, and Instructor of Design, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, August 1997 to 2004
  
• Adjunct Professor, Jewelry and Metalwork Program, Aims Community College, Greeley, Colorado, September 1995 to January 1998
  
• Instructor, Jewelry Design & Construction, Parks and Recreation, City of Fort Collins, June 1996 to August 1997
  
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Metalsmithing Program, August 1993 to May 1995
  
• Instructor, Beginning Jewelry and Stone Setting, Department of Continuing Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, January 1993

Research/Areas of Interest

Enameling and Metal Clay

Publications/Creative Works

Books:

• New Directions in Metal Clay, 2007, Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Company, New York, New York
  ISBN 1-57990-489-0
  
• Creative Metal Clay Jewelry: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration, 2003, Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Company, New York, New York ISBN 1-57990-301-0
  

Chapter:

• PMC Technic, Tim McCreight, Water Etching on PMC, 2007, Brynmorgen Press, Portland, Maine
  ISBN 1-929565-21-6
  

Images:

• PMC Decade: The First Ten Years of Precious Metal Clay, 2006, Brynmorgen Press, Portland, Maine
  ISBN 1-929565-19-4
  
• 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand, Robert Ebendorf juror, 2004, Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Company, New York, New York
  ISBN 1-57990-508-0

Honors and Awards

• Best Professor in The College of Performing and Visual Arts, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 2012
  
• Adjunct Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Aims Community College, Greeley, Colorado, 1997