Jessandra is a self taught artist who has had a life long love of creating. In her early twenties she studied nursing; eventually becoming a maternity nurse, birth doula and prenatal teacher. She dabbled on the side with fibre arts and painting while raising four children who were encouraged to paint outside the lines and pursue their own artistic endeavours. In 2003 while living on a small western pacific island she discovered sea glass and was drawn back into creating jewelry. On her return to Canada she took a couple of silver smithing courses to learn the basics then added in some book and internet studies on using the new material precious metal clay and started to create highly textured ocean inspired jewelry. Each year Jessandra has added to her skills in manipulating metal and natural materials in order to express her unique point of view, enjoying the interplay between creativity and skill that is silversmithing.