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• About Me •

I have been working in silver since 1976. I earned a BFA degree in silversmithing and jewelry making from Maine College of Art where I studied under Harold Schremmer and Ernest T. Thompson. Upon graduating, I was hired by Gorham as a designer, sample maker, and technical illustrator. I then worked at Pilz Ltd., a small silver company where I created ecclesiastical and specialty ware prior to starting my own business in 1984. I have garnered an international reputation for honest advice and quality craftsmanship with special attention to surface finishing. As a sole-proprietor I have restored, reconstructed, and hand finished everything from everyday disposal-damaged and dishwasher-dulled flatware to major surgery on historically important tankards, tureens, and tea services made by Revere, Storr, Bateman, Gorham, Tiffany, Whiting, and Fletcher & Gardiner. EVERY piece receives love and care, regardless of its value. And as an environmentalist, I use the safest, non-toxic, products available in one of the best equipped restoration workshops in the world. In 1989 I founded the Society of American Silversmiths to preserve and promote this beautiful art form. Find my CV here.

Some of my Art

Professional Affiliations Founder &  Executive Director Society of American Silversmiths Advisor on Restoration & Silver Care International Institute of Modern Butlers International Match Safe Association New York Silver Society Total Superyacht Silver Magazine Moderator on  Silver Care & Techniques Silver-Collector.com Member Fellow – Institute of Professional Goldsmiths, UK Collections Care and Conservation Alliance Professional Restorers International Preservation Artisans Guild New York Silver Society Other Consultant to the Silver Industry Consultant to Lampert Pulse Arc Welders Listed with Jewelers Board of Trade

Recommended by Museums / Associations Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Yale University Art Gallery RI School of Design Museum of Art Indiana Museum of Art Cape Ann Museum Mystic Seaport Museum International Tennis Hall of Fame United States Sailing Association Trinity Church, Newport, RI Dealers Beverly Bremer Silver Shop Buccellati Drucker Antiques Firestone & Parson Georg Jensen James Robinson, Inc. Jonathan Trace M. Ford Creech Antiques Marsh & Ackerman Antiques Nate Ivey, DC Silver S.J. Shrubsole Spencer Marks Antiques Auction Houses Christie's / Heritage / Skinner / Sotheby's

Interviews via Podcast / Featured Metalsmith BenchTalk Antique Auction Forum Preservation Artisans Guild

My Other Businesses Herman's Simply Clean Collecors Silver Polish Sterling/5% Platinum Welding Wire The Herman Planisher

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