Virginia was educated at Rochester Institute of Technology at the School for American Craftsmen with a B.F.A. in metal crafts and jewelry making. Virginia has a small studio at her residence in Cranston, RI where she designs and produces her unique line of handcrafted jewelry. Her line is all genuine sterling silver, with semiprecious stones or freshwater pearls combined in a unique way in her own distinctive style. Each high quality piece is designed and handcrafted by the artist. Virginia is inspired by modern forms as well as forms from antiquity. Some of her work is fabricated using sterling wire or sheet some are sculpted or built to make a model using wax, clay or metal. These models are then cast into sterling and combined with stones, beads, or pearls. Each piece has a unique play of shape, space, movement, or color to produce a distinctive wearable work of art.