Artist and Author Betsy Lehndorff has been a silversmith for eight years, and enjoys hunting and cutting local gemstone materials. She is a native of Ann Arbor and a former Denver design reporter in association with HGTV. A frequent contributor to Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine, Betsy is proud to bring a pearl carving project to Studio JSD that is an extension of a step-by-step article she wrote for the April issue.