Janice Ho——My jewelry education began in 1997 with a fortuitous meeting at Rockit's Pizza in Bloomington, Indiana with Peruvian goldsmith, Arturo Rodriguez. I spent a couple years apprenticing with him, a few more teaching myself by absorbing books and experimenting in my home studio , several months at an independent jewelry academy, and two semesters dropping in on forging, casting, and pewtersmithing classes taught by Fred Fenster at the University of Wisconsin.Miniature worlds, a snapshot of a river, fruit, or imaginary flower – this is how I see the images I create in silver and gold. Matte surface textures contrast with the dark patinated silver and create a graphic quality in my pieces.