Worked
in a shared university setting at St. Olaf College, fired the largest wood fired kiln
in the Northern Hemisphere at St. John's University
in MN during a traditional Japanese studio apprenticeship, studied ceramics with Japanese masters at Kansai Gaidai
in Osaka, Japan, apprenticed under a Maine bookbinder on a summer whim resulting
in her now 14 year residency
in the state, run a restoration and fine bookbinding business
in 3 State Theater studios, half a residential South Portland duplex and finally the basement of her house, shared broom sized
apartment studio nooks,
rented various studio's equipment and
cubbies and moved her own office
in with her easel at RWS while she managed 3
apartment buildings on the East End.