Angela Pistrucci, a fine artist living in the Cowichan Valley who specializes in portraiture, sculpture, bas relief, will discuss the intricate process behind creating art for coins. She was commissioned to design the first Gold Sovereign for Gibraltar. This work and her others are on permanent display at the Italian Mint Museum in Rome. She is carrying on the tradition of her ancestor, Benedetto Pistrucci (1783 –1855), who was an Italian coin engraver, probably best known for St. George and the dragon design for the British sovereign.