A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME . . .

I was born on the South Side of Chicago and grew up in a northern suburb, but my heart has always belonged to Door County, Wisconsin, where summers in the cherry orchard on my grandparents’ farm grew a love of the land and this beautiful peninsula. After graduating from Carroll College, my first teaching job was in Sister Bay’s little four room schoolhouse and I knew I was home.

Teaching took me on adventures, including time living and teaching in Europe, but eventually I returned to Wisconsin and earned a Master’s Degree in Education, specializing in Gifted and Talented Learners and Creativity. I spent 39 years teaching at Gibraltar Area Schools before leaving in 2010 to devote more of my time to Liberty Grove Paper Arts - I have never really stopped teaching - or learning. Retirement didn’t mean slowing down - it meant diving even deeper into the world of paper arts, enlarging on many of the same techniques and skills I used in my public school teaching. Teaching and creating go hand in hand, and Liberty Grove Paper Arts became my way of sharing the joy of creativity with others.

I started with bookbinding and origami, then added paper marbling and box making, and now also teach gelli printing and paste papers. The world of paper arts is just exploding with possibilities.

So, whether you’re a seasoned artist or someone who is just curious about the world of paper, I invite you to join me. folding, binding, and creating together.

Let’s make something beautiful and have some fun!