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Our Philosophy
Great
care is taken to provide a unique array of offerings to our beloved customers. We have learned what we know over time and
relish all things archaic and new.
Quality materials and pure ingredients
combined with our attention to detail are of the utmost importance to fulfill your expectations. Whether you are giving a
gift to oneself, or presenting an element of surprise to someone else.
Our Artisans
My foundation in the multimedia art you will find through this site began with many years of elementary and high school
art classes and photography in the Midwest. I attended vocational technical classes in Computer Science, and Lapidary classes
for stone cutting & jewelry setting.
After the benefit of early graduation from high school, I left home for
California. Once there, I continued the trend in art by attending classes at The Academy of Art, and City College of San
Francisco, where I also studied Medical Administration & Business.
Many
semesters of fine art and metal smith classes later, I settled into working with sculptural plastics and found objects. My
early work looked very much like edible cookies or organic matter. I then moved on to working with fabricated metals and
semi-precious stones as my trademark style discovered me. Sv.
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Carol Ochs is our illustrious alumni of scent crafting. She
has a nose for aroma, and embodies an extensive history in the art of natural soapmaking. She paints & creates gifts
borne of the fantasy realm, and is a Mom Extraordinaire. A pioneer, an entrepeneur, and a real gem.
Carmen Willcox is a spiritually rich writer & artist who
is Mediterranean born. During her childhood she lived opposite an exquisite 12th Century Cathedral. Each day, on her way
to and from school, she would pass this romantic place. The beautiful singing voices sounded heavenly as they drifted on
the hot, sunny air. Its ancient interior was dark and cold, filled with marble statues, glowing candles and haunting, monastic
chanting. Cloisters, dark-robed silent figures, incense; all these steeped into her young mind that remained a vital core
in much of her writing.
Gothic Dream, one of many books written by Carmen, features Nightwing; a title inspired by an icon
made for her.
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