• Marcia Dean
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I fabricate my original design jewelry in my studio and market it primarily at the Cambridge Artists' Cooperative where I am a founding member. These disparate formats of studio and co-op work provide ample opportunity for a balance of variety and routine, autonomy and community, creativity and concrete action.

My work often includes Boulder opals. I consider each opal a special treat, as each is a unique surprise of brilliantly shifting color. To wear one is to always have handy visual entertainment.

In addition to my jewelry design and fabrication, now that my children are grown, I find more time for my second love, quilting. It is pure pleasure being surrounded by all those cloth colors! I love the whole process from the excitement of cutting and moving pieces around to the meditative hand quilting.