SHAYLA VINES received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in the glass and metals departments. She has also studied abroad at Edinburgh College of Art and at Surrey Institute of Art and Design. Shayla is currently working on her MFA at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where she also currently teaches various classed in the Jewelry/Metals department. Shayla's small scale mixed media sculptures have been nationally and internationally shown for the past ten years in various group shows.