Morrie Elmer, High Desert Creations HITH guest artist for a number of years, commissioned a pair of freshwater pearl earrings for his wife, Donna. Morrie is a woodturner who is often gifted with exotic downed trees which he lets dry naturally in the great outdoors then cuts and shapes into beautifully crafted vessels. His ability to inlay turquoise and other stones into the organically created fissures is masterful.