We are a miniature family. I have been interested in miniatures for a long time. When I first got in to making miniatures it was in the late 70s , I had a bad fall and was bedridden . I could not walk and in constant pain . The doctors had me on so much different medicine that I was on the brink of suicide. Some one gave me some Sculpey to give me some thing to do in bed. I started making little sculptures and even joined a club , I could not get to meetings ,but had calls from the members all the time. Soon after that we moved to Eugene and I met Dorothy Wright she had a shop here. That was about that time I started making my vegetables & fruits. She and I started doing shows. I could hardly walk or stand for long but over time I got better. In the early 80s, I took a class from Dorothy Wright, She soon became my best and close friend. We traveled together for 6 years, doing shows up and down the West Coast. When she wanted to stop traveling , my husband George joined me in 1987, we even traveled across the country to do shows, until he lost his battle with cancer in 1994.

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