CURRENT MISSION

To connect with others and learn as much as I can!

ABOUT ME

I am a leather mask maker in California. I travel to sell at renaissance faires during the summer and until recently I was making bridal jewelry full time. I've spent the last six years based in Santa Cruz, CA and I'm now searching for a new home.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
-John W. Gardner

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some amazing people through this site. I learn something more about life with each surfer I host.

Interests

Climbing
Art
Exploring
New to Yoga but love it

• arts
• design
• photography
• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• bouldering
• metalworking
• leatherworking
• music
• canoeing
• kayaking
• skiing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• anthropology
• making friends
• mask making

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: POTC, LOTR, 300, Riddick, Limitless

TV: Black Sails

Music: everything from Marilyn Manson to Bob Marley

Authors: I'm too busy exploring nowadays, but back in the day: Anne Rice, Carol Berg, Malcolm Gladwell, Norbert Elias, Jean L Briggs, Emily Martin, Scheper-Hughes & Lock, Lennard J. Davis, Peter Conrad, Mary Douglas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't choose one, so here is a rant :) ...Kayaking and bouldering in tahoe, van life on the California coast, canoeing in a thunderstorm (rather, a summer storm crept up on us we frantically rowed to the shore to get out of the water before the storm hit.....didn't quite make it and got soaked, but it was a lot of fun!), swimming with turtles in Hawaii, kayaking/zip lining/atving/scuba diving Hawaii, listening to music generated by an organ that was connected to metal rods that tapped on different stalactites to produce different notes in a beautiful cave on the east coast, designing a haunted trail through a corn field for over 10,000 guests (I miss walking through the corn and night and having chupacabras jump out at me), snowboarding at an amazing (and quiet ski resort...we were the only family there!) while having bronchitis and a sinus infection...but it was totally worth it!.. there's more!

Teach, Learn, Share

Climbing, Painting, Leatherwork, Mask Making, Illustrator, Anthropological Concepts, Cooking.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendship, art, rock climbing

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ireland, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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