Jewelry Artists

I like seeing beauty in nature-made things and then I usually want to make something that I want to wear myself.

Jewelry-making for me is a hobby that I have the privilege of indulging in whenever the creative

I sell my jewelry at all three Grow Nebraska retail stores and their website

I usually come up with a general idea and/or design and allow my materials, mood, and mistakes to guide me to the completion of a piece. Using an intuitive technique, I use free-form peyote, brick stitch and others to create flowing artworks or asymmetrical designs. My main love is seed beads, both in structured and intuitive beadwork. Accent beads are merely resting places for the eye to stop while enjoying the movement of the seed beads.

I just put a website together and I will be having my first jewelry party soon. There are people who are kind enough to spread the word and my jewelry business is starting to grow

Everything I see inspires me! Really, I am constantly looking at shapes and colors and trying to figure out how to translate it into polymer clay. I am inspired by other artists, other jewelry pieces, and sometimes just staring out the window in my workroom is inspiring! Never knock daydreaming.

Currently I do private custom order work and events under the business name JewelerGirl

For me, jewelry-making is a hobby gradually transforming into a part-time career. I admit, I am still in a learning process, but

Known as the Beading Queen to her fellow co-workers, Marlynn McNutt is Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' featured catalog cover artist for the 2003-2004 Jewelry Maker's Catalog with her turquoise and coral masterpiece.

I love designing with brilliant crystals and translucent seed beads, organically beautiful freshwater pearls, and rich gemstones

I attend craft fairs. I enter my jewelry at the state fair where I won some awards

Jewelry making is something that I started to discover for myself about a year ago. While learning different techniques and colors it became a part of my life

Sandra teaches wire techniques in jewelry-making in her home state of New Jersey, conducting classes regularly at the Newark Museum Arts Workshop. She also teaches annually at many Northeast bead festivals. Sandra has been an instructor in Tucson, Arizona in 2006-2010. She enjoys meeting new and former students from near and far.

My whole life, people have tried to tell me that my ideas and dreams would never work, and that I should stick to a safe job. Society sets people up to believe that just getting a secure job is what we all should seek; everyone except for my father, who has the simple belief that, in America, you can be whatever your heart desires and you can teach yourself anything. My father's life's adventures have been an inspiration to me.

I have a website for my historical jewelry line DarkridgeJewels.com. I occasionally have a booth at shows. I also wholesale my work, and

I make jewelry for fun. I love it when I can give someone a gift that comes straight from my heart

Learn more about Tom Triplett, former owner of Vegas Beads, experienced jewelry class instructor, and past creativity manager at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads.

My business is Lavender Cat Creations. My mission statement is to create unique, beautiful, yet very affordable jewelry. We go to craft fairs, and I have people who order pieces. I am exploring online options to market my jewelry

I love Celtic knotwork, oak leaves and green stones, so when I found out about the Metal Contest, it was a simple choice. I also wanted to test myself.

Right now I am working on a marketing package and "branding" myself and my company. I see Fire Mountain Gems being my "go to" place to stock my shelves

Oregon designer-artist, Jamie Smedley, creates eccentric clothing and jewelry full of fantasy, but thinks of herself as a mixed media artist most of all

Tammy Honaman has been making jewelry for over 15 years, working in a variety of media, including metal clay, wire, sheet metal, polymer clay, glass and beads.

I use what is available to me, and in these hard times, I put my graphic design skills to work

I started making my own jewelry because I could never find the right piece that I needed in the store to match my

I hope to have grown the jewelry business to a steady part-time affair. We also sell sewing patterns and have over 7000 such patterns listed in our store where my jewelry is also currently listed.

Meet Esther, one of the talented jewelry artists who has created some of the amazing pieces you see in Catalog Supplements and in the Gallery of Designs.

I like to do a little bit of everything. I have three main styles: big and chunky, wire-wrapping, and everything rainbow. I also love working with Swellegant!™

My designs are inspired by nature and fine art jewelry. In the past, chain maille jewelry has mainly been biker jewelry. My work goes more towards fine jewelry. I'm the first chain maille artist to take it to this level. Also, a combination of creativity and teaching guides me.

Meet Laurie from Ontario, Canada, who enjoys working with metal, chainmaille and wire to create show-stopping pieces.

I actually have three websites. I hope to maybe one day have my own little boutique ...

I began selling my jewelry and other beaded creations 10 years ago, our market is seasonal, so I sell full-time from May to Sept and then part-time the rest of the year.

Meet incredible artist Jody Young as she tells all about how she replaced fear with faith to go after her dream of being a professional artist.

I find working with beads both stimulating and relaxing.

In the past I have favored micro-macramé and kumihimo. However, since I have been lucky enough to work at Fire Mountain Gems®, I have been...

Tim Cronkhite has been making jewelry for over 10 years. He co-owned and operated Vegas Beads, Inc. for over 5 years where he hosted and administered workshops on many different mediums and techniques.

In 2002, my wife and I purchased a splitloom necklace by Frieda Bates in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The beadwork looked like something I would enjoy doing. I contacted Frieda and she recommended...

Jean Campbell teaches and writes about beadwork, as well as designs beaded jewelry. She has written and edited more than 40 books.

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.

Meet Rose, one of the creative jewelry artists who has made some the fabulous pieces you see in Catalog Supplements and in the Gallery of Designs.

Lisa Pavelka is a Colorado native who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. As an award-winning artist, designer and author, she is internationally recognized for her expertise in several mediums.

I am currently designing my website and I have a jewelry page called Red Romans Jewelry on Facebook where I upload and

I sell my jewelry locally and also have an Ebay store ...

People always ask me how I could go from being a psychologist to jewelry artist. They seem like such different fields. I say they aren't so different.

To me, jewelry-making is vocation and passion, a sanctuary and therapy better than any other. Challenging and rewarding, it is gymnastics for the mind and...

I am a sculptor working with cast bronze, and jewelry is both an extension and a counterpoint to my large work.

I started with a vision and allowed the piece to transform and take on a life of its own.

I am inspired by passion and everything around me to

I've sold some pieces and done occasional commission work to match historical costuming.

It was planned out based on the designs in the book.

I look at a gemstone, in this case a chevron amethyst, and envision how I can enhance the piece with an original wire-wrap creation. I always draw my designs out on paper before beginning...

Prepare to be captivated by the extraordinary creations of Elaine Young, the latest addition to our esteemed Fire Mountain Gems jewelry design team.

Multimedia artist Christi Friesen is most notably recognized for her innovative approach to polymer clay designs.