2022 Jewelry
Jen Lawler | Des Moines
Jen Lawler Designs
FB: Jenlawlerdesigns
IG: Jenlawlerdesigns
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Jen Lawler is a Silver and Goldsmith with over 26 years of experience in designing and hand creating modern, clean, wearable jewelry. During Jen's designing and creating, she uses precious metals along with natural gemstones and pearls with the Wearer in mind to be able to enjoy the pieces of art on a daily basis. Jen also creates many custom heirloom pieces for her clients that can be passed down over generations to come.
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Sara Letsch | Boone
Nymph in the Woods
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IG: nymphinthewood
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I create wearable art that helps people show off their true styles. I've been creating jewelry for the past 7 years, learning and improving on my abilities with both wire wrapping and fused glass! I believe that jewelry can help you to feel more confident and beautiful when it really speaks to you, and I strive to create pieces that do just that!
The glasswork is started using sheets and balls of glass. I fuse, cut, and shape the glass up to 4 times. Then, using copper or sterling silver, I weave, wrap, and shape the wire around the glasswork to transform it into jewelry. The pieces are then oxidized and polished to add depth and beauty. |
Elizabeth Long | Central City
FB: 8Twisted Designs
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We create one of a kind pieces using recycled jewelry, lapidary, forged metal -copper, sterling & brass. We continue to grow and learn more every day.
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Louise McIlhon | Des Moines
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I have been a jewelry artist for over 17 years, creating one-of-a-kind wearable art using semi-precious stones, fossils, crystals, pearls, and other organic materials including insects. I electroform naturally deceased insects such as cicadas and butterflies, that have been lovingly collected and rescued from dust and decay and turned into something to be treasured and immortalized. I do not use casting, rather the organic specimen is completely encased in its new copper exoskeleton and formed into jewelry. I try to capture their inherent beauty and tell their story of the natural world. My interest and exploration of geology and science guides me as my art continues to grow.
I'm honored to have my work published in BeadStyle Magazine, an international magazine for jewelry artisans. |
Mary Nelson
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I started making jewelry after taking a jewelry class at the Des Moines Art Center, where I've continued to take classes for the last 12 years. My jewelry reflects my fascination with vintage objects & the history behind them. I use a variety of techniques to combine my vintage finds with metal & gemstones to create jewelry that is unique & fun to wear. Examples of the materials I use include early plastics like bakelite & lucite, vintage pinback buttons, lithograph tin, old bottle caps, transit tokens, electrical resisters, & other odds & ends I find at flea markets & antique shows/shops. Techniques include texturing, riveting, soldering, wire-wrapping, enameling, resin-casting, & forming. Each piece of jewelry I design comes with a description of the materials & techniques used &/or the message/meaning of the work.
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Connie Rodgers | University Park
Fancy That
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I took my first art class between 3rd and 4th grade and fell in love with all things color and design. Many college classes later I'm still learning - now mostly self taught which gives me great freedom to create my own way. I am an Iowa master gardener and get much inspiration from my extensive gardens. I share a home with 8 cats and the love of my life, my husband Dave, who travels the world with me collecting small vintage treasures to create wearable works of art. My designs combine brass I manipulate and hand age with my own Moretti glass lamp worked beads. I make my own findings and paint, texture, wire work, patina, and solder brass.
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Ken Sims | West Des Moines
Coin Operated Jewelry
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Ken has been turning pocket change from around the world into pieces of art for over 10 years. Spurred by a lust for travel and a love of coins, each coin is hand-cut using a jeweler's saw and designed to highlight the natural beauty of the coin itself. Available as pendants, earrings, rings, and bracelets.
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Rhonda Scott | Ames
Rhonda Scott Studio
FB: RhondaScottStudio
IG: rhondascottstudio
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Rhonda creates jewelry which features her own glass beads, handcrafted metal focal pieces, natural gemstones, enamels, and precious metals. She uses a small torch and MAP gas to create the glass beads and the components used in the beads (including custom twisted cane and frit). She anneals the beads in a kiln for durability.
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Sharon Smith | Urbandale
Joyful Heart Designs
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Joyful Heart Design is a magical mix of metal and stone jewelry: Argentium Sterling Silver, Copper and Brass, using metalsmithing techniques, with natural stones, many I've cut and finished myself.
As a lifelong crafter, I took many kinds of jewelry related classes through the Des Moines Community Education after retiring from teaching. I finally settled on metal forming, metal smithing, and lapidary work. It gives me much joy in producing lovely and unique settings for beautiful stones, thus my business name: Joyful Heart Design. |
Cheryl Wallace | Des Moines
Lockwood Jewelers
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1974 BFA Drake University
'73 to '78 apprentice at Joseph's Jewelers '78 to present Lockwood Jewelers I work with karat gold and sterling silver, using gemstones and tissue nucleated pearls. Techniques used are forging, forming, embossing, fabricating and casting. |