Just wanted to say hi! I am from Santa Cruz, California. I am fortunate to live in the redwoods, yet be only a few miles from the ocean. Santa Cruz is a popular surfing artist community. I mostly work in silver, but occasionally get the itch to combine weird stuff like paper and used bike tubing with sterling silver. Thank you for allowing me to be part of this team! I consider myself to be new at silversmithing, and would appreciate any tips from this talented group. Thank you again!