The caller i.d. read Rio Grande when the phone rang last Thursday and I immediately felt a little flutter of anticipation.  I didn’t have anything on order with the company, but I knew that it was about time for the finalists for the 2013 Saul Bell award to be announced.  I hadn’t created anything in the past couple of years that I felt was worthy of submission until this summer when I had the opportunity to design my most complex piece to date. Continue reading “Zaffiro is a finalist for the 2013 Saul Bell award”