"First design from the bench" "Goddess of Woolly Mammoth Ivory and a crown of Silver, Peridot, Garnet, Amethyst, and Blue Topaz." "This mask will be supported by a 'Chinese Blackwood' body and Teak Burro Base...

Seven feet in length and out of the permafrost to be kept in it's original condition as specimen. Young bull Woolly Mammoth tusk from the right side of the skull with an age of perhaps forty thousand years in the permafrost. Enjoy seeing them as they surface due to increased regulations and restrictions, soon only the scientific community will have collection rights and this community does not have interest in the overall majority of specimens uncovered. These unclaimed sections of ivory and specimens are already disintegrating all across the Arctic.

Woolly Mammoth tusk following dissection in two pieces to expedite international shipping to my studio. Some ivory discoveries do not have specimen potential and are used for my sculpture enterprise, this is one of those tusks...This is exceptional coloration of the interior of a tusk. Due to the cracking, this ivory will primarily be used for jewelry compositions.

Fireweed flowers about to be cooled off by the incoming rain. Always beautiful in the arctic and the farther north, these flowers grow just inches off the tundra as the cool air restricts tall growth.

It was amusingly close encounter with this caribou and while I tried for a great photo she came even closer to me. At the point she jabbed me with her antlers while I photographed her and lucky for me her antlers were still in velvet and relatively soft. I moved on...

Endless and absent of people for hundreds of miles, my old beaches, for years in my sojourn alone and trekking as with boat. Too often adventure finds me in my quest of learning and understanding this region and grants me peace and definition. In a populace area I adjust to culture shock and a certain reality that is more threatening...

The Bering Sea on the left and a fresh water tributary on the right side. The green tundra strip running between is common to contain prehistoric earthen house sites. Each of these house sites contain ivory and artifacts and the occasional human remains.