From Lindy:
I am South African born, lived in France and now have put down roots in the Chicago suburbs. After school, I spent an academic year in London at an exclusive “finishing school” called the Club of the 3 Wise Monkeys, which had nothing to do with monkeys and very little to do with learning anything of importance. On returning to Johannesburg from London, I worked in an art gallery for a few years, then became a stay-at-home mom. After my kids passed toddlerhood, I started an import and distribution company representing exciting, zany and amazing Japanese and French designers of the 1980’s. We left South Africa mid 80’s and moved to France where we spent the next 13 years. We had the opportunity to move to America in 1998 and ended up in the Chicago area. I took a fun class of “jewelry making” which evolved into playing with mosaics which is my new passion.