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Art Jewelry
BB Becker developed an early fascination with ancient cultures and a love of art while attending City As School, an alternative experiential learning high school program in New York City. Becker's early exposure to art and culture created a desire to travel and for more than a decade he visited the great museums of the world and many ancient sites. Becker developed an appreciation for the efforts of humanity over the ages to communicate through words and images chiseled on hard surfaces. <br><br> The first step in design for Becker is the gathering of quotations that offer inspiration, comfort, or wisdom. Next, Becker's wife, Josephine writes the quote and Becker carries it in his pocket, pondering until he has created the design that will be its resting place. Each piece illustrates his devotion to quality workmanship, long-lasting beauty and the power of words. <br><br> BB Becker lives and works in beautiful Colorado where he continues to teach Tai Chi, ride his bike, perform in local theater, and comb thrift shops for out-of-print quote books.

BB Becker
CHICKENSCRATCH is a jewelry studio founded in 1988 by the husband and wife team of Lisa and Scott Cylinder. They met while studying Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and they decided to pool their respective knowledge and expertise to create a sophisticated, intelligent and fun line of Studio Multiples. Lisa and Scott both design and create the work in their home studio and pride themselves on a high degree of creativity and craftsmanship.

Chickenscratch
A 1996 graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Dahlia lives and works in Rhode Island, sharing her studio with her dogs Zeke and Kato. <br><br> Obsessed with the tactile world, Dahlia has amassed a collection of plant and tree segments, minerals, fungi, insects, skeletons, hives, and photographs of life — both hidden and apparent. From these inspirations she creates pieces that carry with them hints of these forms, textures, and moods.

Dahlia Kanner
Elizabeth Garvin graduated with honors from New York University in 1986, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, with further studies at Parsons School of Design and Massachusetts College of Art. <br><br> Her goal as a designer has been to create forms with classic elegance and enduring quality, while integrating various techniques and at times parting with tradition as a part of her overall design concept. Each piece of jewelry is handmade in her New York studio from sterling silver. Her approach to designing form, engineering movement and developing techniques often draws as much from architecture and industrial design as from the traditional craft of jewelry making.

Elizabeth Garvin
Julie has known ever since she was a child growing up on the shores of Lake Superior in Upper Michigan that she would work with her hands. <br><br> The decision was solidified when she took her first metals class at Northern Michigan University. It has been her passion ever since. The journey has taken her to Vail, Colorado, where she worked as a goldsmith for 15 years. Flying Anvil Designs was formally launched in 1998, which keeps her designing and creating in the studio full time. <br><br> More recently she has made her way back to the shores of Upper Michigan and has settled in Calumet.

Flying Anvil
People often ask Kathleen, "Where do your ideas come from?" She feels that part of her job as an artist is to pay attention, and so for 30 years she has been paying attention to the stages in her life and those of women around her, to the lives of women in exotic places where she's lived, and to the natural world around her. <br><br> Recently, she's been paying attention to the shapes, color shifts, and repetition of the small mundane elements in the woods, such as seed pods, buds, moss, grasses, leaves, sticks and stones. She then strives to make a beautiful object based on what she finds so that someone again desires to pick it up and become engaged with it.

Kathleen Dustin
Kathy sprouted in the backbone of America's Midwest; Cincinnati Ohio, where she spent her childhood outside climbing trees, fishing for bluegill, and pursuing any and all craft projects that came her way. Always a creative person by nature, a turning point came at the tender age of 11 when she had the opportunity to meet and paint along side the legendary TV artist Bob Ross. It was the first, as well as the last time in her life that she was speechless. After meeting her frizzy haired mentor, who was the master of giving "little friends" to lonely trees, she knew she wanted to devote her life to art. <br><br> Now based in Los Angeles, Kathy hopes she can share History's most brilliant visionaries with you through her sterling silver work. Most pieces open to reveal hand-stamped quotes or images that capture her trust in human faith, life's complex beauty and all its diversity. Each item embodies an essence of her quirkiness and unfalteringly cheerful spirit. All are cherished by their wearers and many hold them as a sacred personal amulet. Kathy's distinctively meaningful jewelry continues to evoke passionate responses from long time collectors and new fans alike.

Kathy Bransfield
We all need to be inspired. A favorite quote of Lenny & Eva's founder, Kellie Fitzpatrick, is, "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." It was her desire to create a line that would speak to girls and women in all walks of their lives. There really is a sentiment for every woman out there. She hopes you will find inspiration in Lenny & Eva's selection of sentiments and will take the opportunity to share an inspiring word with the special women in your life.

Lenny & Eva
Jewelry as an artistic expression is how Matt describes his work. He has strived to learn and master whatever technique serves his design purposes. This has led to studies in granulation, platinum fabrication, glass bead making, glassblowing, and fine cast glass/crystal. <br><br> Matt's foundation consists in Dental Laboratory Technology; these skills readily transferred to jewelry methods. A graduate and past instructor for five years of the Gemological Institute of America, his skills evolved and grew. He has owned and operated several shops in California and now resides in N. Ridgeville, Ohio. Still stretching outside conventional jewelry in an artistic manner, but overall he concerns himself with form, beauty and function.

Matt Bezak
Elegant, Fresh, Natural. Michelle Pressler's jewelry expresses her love of color, nature, and classical details. Michelle's fascination with faceted stones began as a child when she discovered mica in the dirt of the playground. From there she began collecting rocks and minerals. After working in the fashion industry as a designer and illustrator, she began sewing tiny beads on handmade greeting cards and book covers. This drew her attention back to the stones, which led to 7 years of working with a leading jewelry manufacturer. <br><br> Working with high quality hand cut stones, sterling silver, and gold fill, Philadelphia-based Michelle aims to create pieces that balance rich detail with modern simplicity and harmonious colors.

Michelle Pressler
As a self-employed artist for the past 30 years, Rhode Island-based artist Rachel Badeau has etched and engraved in a variety of mediums. For almost twenty years she was a professional printmaker and her etchings were sold in galleries across the United States and Europe. <br><br> About 17 years ago, in need of a change, she developed a way to use her former scrimshaw experience to carve and engrave on a man-made material. Using techniques of sculpting, engraving, casting and hand coloring she created a line of jewelry, clocks, wall pieces and ornaments under the name Moosup Valley Designs.

Moosup Valley Designs
Jim Mullan is a self-taught artist who grew up in Southern California with an enthusiasm for nature and history. As a teenager he became intrigued with old watches, vintage toys, and scientific instruments. In the process of taking things apart and putting them back together, he began pairing some of the old pieces with his favorite things found in nature, such as, bird, dragonfly and animal components to create one of a kind mixed media jewelry and assemblages. In 1980, Jim exhibited at his first art show in Florida and enjoyed it so much that he decided to set up shop in Pompano Beach. Shortly thereafter he began exhibiting full time in juried art shows across the country. <br><br> Tori's passion for antiques and jewelry began as a child. Her inspiration was her father, a jeweler and antique watch collector. While working in his jewelry store in Port Charlotte, Florida, she became interested in the vintage stones and spare parts that her father used for repairing jewelry and watches. She set her sights on designing jewelry and started creating unique one of a kind earrings and bracelets. She met Jim in 1985 at a show and they soon discovered that they shared many of the same interests in old watches, jewelry and antiques. <br><br> The couple combined their individual talents and formed a partnership in work and in life. They are now married, dividing their time between their house in Florida and their cottage in Pennsylvania, along with their dog and three cats. Their fascination of birds, nature, and antiques is still present today and their vast collection of vintage hardware, bird carvings and watches fill up a 3300 square foot studio in Pompano Beach, Florida. Tori and Jim's collections of jewelry, boxes, mirrors and bird sculptures can be found in over 1000 galleries, museum stores and specialty stores worldwide.

Mullanium
Born in South Africa to a jewelry making family, Philippa was naturally drawn to working with metals and stones. Philippa's signature look is simple, organic shapes combined with beautifully cut gemstones. Her love of the ocean plays a large role in the selection of clean, blue and green stones in many of her pieces. Philippa's creativity stems from the nature around her, yet she also incorporates a feeling of the urban, with lines and patterns that imitate architecture and design seen around the city. Philippa creates all the original pieces by carving in wax or fabricating in metal.

Phillipa Roberts
From their Vancouver studio, jewelry designers Wade Papin and Danielle Wilmore handcraft the heraldic talismans cast from 18th and 19th century wax seals that have become the Pyrrha signature. "Jewelers traditionally try to make everything look perfect, say Danielle and Wade, "but we like to show the maker's hand. We celebrate the original cracks in the waxes." <br><br> The pair designed the Pyrrha Talisman collection after they came across a box of 19th century wax seals. "Making jewelry out of them was inspired by a desire to give the fragile waxes new life and permanence." say Danielle and Wade.

Pyrrha
Influenced by natural forms and subtle movements, Rebecca Overmann creates jewelry that expresses clarity, simplicity and elegance. Her work is characterized by a mix of metals: yellow gold, oxidized sterling, accented with raw, rose cut and fancy diamonds. Each piece is flawlessly crafted and guided by the mindset that less is more. <br><br> Rebecca received formal training in metals at Savannah College of Arts & Design. In 2008, she was recognized as a Rising Star by JCK. Created by hand in her San Francisco studio, Rebecca's designs are crafted using reclaimed metals and ethically sourced.

Rebecca Overmann
"Within each piece, I create an intriguing balance between jewelry and the body, and an intensity which draws others to it." <br><br> Coming from a long line of artisans, it was a natural choice for Richardson to follow her passion for art. Sarah studied Metalsmithing at Rhode Island School of Design, with further design studies in Germany. After graduating, Sarah moved to New York and designed custom jewelry for a fine jewelry gallery in the West Village, taught metalsmithing at the 92nd Street Y, and focused on fine art jewelry. In 2006, she returned to CA and set up her own studio in Mill Valley, CA, where she now resides. <br><br> Sarah Richardson's jewelry is a process of evolving designs. Drawn to the organic quality of each individual pod, a repetition of these elements creates geometric form. Using traditional wax carving techniques, each piece is hand carved, then cast in 18KY gold or sterling. Using heat to bring the fine metal to the surface, each piece is then polished on the edges creating an interior glow.

Sarah Richardson
Born in 1960 in Montevideo, Uruguay, Eduardo Milieris has always been fascinated by time. Alexander Calder influenced him at a young age. Building on a liberal arts background with photography, video art and sculpture, he now creates more than 100 unique watch styles in his Long Island City studio. Eduardo layers brass, copper and sterling silver in inventive ways and features unique watch faces in patinated copper.

Watchcraft