Rocio Heredia is an award-winning artist of the Mexican contemporary generation specializing in traditional sculpting techniques of chasing and repousse in high relief to create intricate designs on silver, copper and gold. Suffering from visual impairment, she uses the sense of touch as a basic tool whose effectiveness is evinced by her finely-detailed, highly-wrought surfaces. Available on the webssite are artist biography, galleries, glossary of metalsmithing terms and interviews.