Tracey’s career in jewellery design began more than a decade ago when she designed and created a simple necklace for her best friend as a Christmas gift. The necklace garnered so much attention that soon Tracey was enrolled in silversmith classes at Mohawk College, building on a background in Fine Art studies at the University of Guelph. The next step was dipping her toe into the sales and marketing pool by creating jewellery for a local bridal shop, and launching her own business, Sundara Studios. Tracey’s skill and creativity has continued to evolve with lots of experimentation at the workbench, inspiration and instruction from teachers and colleagues, and heaps of generous feedback from clients at art shows, craft fairs, private open-houses, online through etsy and sundara.ca, as well as through retail partners.