I received my B.S. in Industrial Design, concentrating in Product Design, and a Studio Art Minor from Appalachian State University. While in undergrad, I learned that parts of industrial design didn’t mesh well with my interests, and others did, which was very rewarding. It wasn’t until my last semester, when I took my first metalsmithing class, that I embarked on a new path of discovery. I went down a rabbit hole for the next two years, taking all the metalsmithing courses offered at App State and learning what it was like to be part of the metalsmithing community.