Meet the Artist
Kat Wisniewski is an award-winning artist, teacher and author and expert in modern chainmaille living in the Chicago area. She has written 15 highly-regarded chainmaille tutorials which have been published in industry-related magazines such as Step-by-Step Wire Jewelry Magazine.
Kat is an inventive and dedicated pioneer in the craft of chainmaille. In 2003, she learned the craft by finding chainmaille weave photos online and printing them larger in order to decipher how the rings interacted. She bought various rings from craft stores, opened them with her fingers and terrible pliers and then somehow figured out how to push the rings into the proper positions to match the photos. It took a few months before she realized there were online tutorials and ring suppliers. She was so enthusiastic about the craft that she started teaching chainmaille within just a few months of learning it.
Kat has won various awards for her work, and is well known for her 15 chainmaille tutorials, including her famous Glass Caterpillar Bracelet pattern. She has published many tutorials with Blue Buddha Boutique, Wirework, and Step-by-Step Wire Jewelry magazines, as well as ghost-written 42 of Blue Buddha Boutique's tutorials. Kat has taught at many locations in the Chicagoland area.
View all of Kat's resources available at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads.
