Biography
Maggie Campbell Pedersen is a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, and an Associate of the British Institute of Professional Photography.
For many years she has combined her qualifications and taken them further to specialise in organic gem materials – that is, those of plant or animal origin. Her work includes identifications, teaching, writing, and constant research into the various aspects of the subject. She has given lectures and seminars world-wide, and Master Classes in museums. She is an accredited lecturer for NADFAS (the National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies), and her photographs and articles have been published in many specialist books and magazines. She also works with animal conservation.
Maggie Campbell Pedersen is the author of ‘Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin’ – the only book devoted to the subject of organics, covering all the well-known materials and many lesser-known ones. She is the editor of ‘Organic Gems’ – the online reference source and information centre similarly devoted entirely to this subject. (Click on 'Organic Gems' in the menu bar.)
