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Stuart Breidenstein grew up around art, science and music. His childhood observations of nature would later shape his development as an artist. In his teens and twenties, aside from playing several musical instruments, he experimented with photography, painting, furniture building, sculpture, and a handful of crafts. He began making sculptural wood jewelry in the late 1980s. During the 1990s He was heavily involved in the electronic music scene in Southern California. After a couple full-length albums, a handful of singles and innumerable live performances, Breidenstein returned to the visual arts. He continued producing jewelry using different elements until 2006, when jewelry became his full-time occupation. In 2006 Breidenstein was creative director of Coin Op Gallery, a multi-media showcase of coin-operated art. He also served on the board of Coop Galleries, a multi-discipline gallery forum for student and emerging artists. Both were in Orange County, California. Recently Breidenstein’s jewelry has been featured in Niche Magazine and Cascade Arts and Entertainment. He was also featured on HGTV’s “That’s Clever” in 2008. He now works late nights at his jewelry/electronic music studio at his home in Bend, Oregon.