Mary van der Aa Fine Jewels and Tucson Todd's Gems is a collaboration between two very passionate and talented, award-winning artists. Mary designs and creates each one-of-a-kind jewelry piece and Todd Wacks facets each of the sparking gems. They love to spread their love of jewelry and gems as they exhibit at shows across the country together.

Mary is a five-time AGTA Spectrum Award Winner, a proud GIA graduate and former GIA instructor. She is the owner of Mary van der Aa Fine Jewels, and the co-founder of Tucson Todd's Gems. Mary continues to educate and travels the country to share the love of jewelry making and gemology. She delights in creating her bold jewelry artworks, and celebrates her Dutch background and cosmopolitan upbringing.

Todd was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. He is a fourth generation jeweler, growing up in his family's jewelry store working his way up from floor sweeper to goldsmith. He looks at gemology as life and enjoys sharing his love of gems, hunting down exotic rough, and “machining” these rough crystals into stunning faceted gems.