PHIL GERSTNER

For twenty-two years he owned two quality American handcraft galleries. Finally, in August 2004, in answer to his own needs, Phil cast his initial burn-out load. Response to his elementary efforts was deeply gratifying: so much so, along with his natural proclivity toward it, that he closed his businesses to produce sterling ornaments for others' pleasure. Phil's goals are to extend courtesies that he enjoyed from talented, multi-media craftsmen -- the mentors he bought from -- and to create worthy pieces reprising those he loved to sell.