Jewelry Artist

Karen Smith: We Wield the Hammer

After a voice told artist Karen Smith she’d go to Senegal, she went. Apprenticing there with a master goldsmith, she was watched constantly but silently by a young girl.

Lenka Bindzar: The Magic of Tucson

Each year in January and February, people gather in Tucson, Arizona to buy and sell beads, gems, and other treasures from around the world. There are over 40 shows in dif

Todd Reed and the 5th C of Diamonds

Known for his stunning jewelry designs featuring rough diamonds, innovative artisan jeweler Todd Reed has been redefining luxury and championing ethical sourcing througho

Tracy Matthews, Tune-Up Your Business

Tracy Matthews is a jewelry designer, entrepreneur, and Chief Visionary Officer of Flourish & Thrive Academy. She's also the host of the top-rated Thrive By Design Podcas

Jean Gribbon, The Science of Art

Jean Gribbon founded and directs Beads of Courage, Inc., an innovative arts-in-medicine nonprofit that supports children coping with serious illness, as well as their fam

Robin Kramer: Y’all Ready for This?

Robin Kramer has the industry experience and unique ability to look at an artist’s work and recommend practical steps they can take to improve their business. She started

Susan Lenart, Metalsmithing as a Journey

The first time I met Susan Lenart was in a cold connections workshop at an art retreat. Her class blew my mind – she taught us to infuse found objects, wire, hand tools,

Anie Piliguian: Inventor & Maker with Heart

Anie Piliguian grew up at the jeweler’s bench, learning a can-do attitude and meticulous skills from her father. She credits him for teaching her not to fear anything at

Kieu Pham Gray: On the Go and Moving Fast

Moving parts intrigue Kieu Pham Gray, she tells host Katie Hacker. Kieu loves figuring out how to make things happen, from engineering kinetic jewelry that’s meant to be

Jill MacKay: Opening Doors, Opening Up

“Hi, I’m the jewelry designer for The Guiding Light,” a struggling jewelry artist named Jill MacKay once announced in the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman. As she

Christi Friesen: Be Creative, Be Yourself

“You’re shy — so are they,” says polymer clay artist Christi Friesen about making a career of your art, acknowledging how hard it can be to put yourself out there. As she

Jewelry Artist Live: Unmasked with Bead Artist Melissa Grakowsky-Shippee

Join host Katie Hacker for an inspiring conversation with Beadwork magazine’s featured Bead Artist Melissa Grakowsky-Shippee. Melissa is known for her elaborate masks and

Kathy Cano-Murillo: Celebrating Craft

Why not try it? When Kathy Cano-Murillo thinks up a new craft twist, she jumps in — especially if she hears it’ll never work. Usually she succeeds, carried along by her o

Kate Richbourg: Be Creative, Be Real

“I should have been a business major!” Kate Richbourg was recently out of college and facing the classic artist’s dilemma. As she tells host Katie Hacker, Kate realized s

Revisiting: Covid-19 Relief for Artists with Carrie Cleveland

We originally released this episode in August 2020, but the topic is more relevant than ever.  Katie Hacker speaks with Carrie Cleveland, Education and Outreach Manager f

Todd Reed and the 5th C of Diamonds

Known for his stunning jewelry designs featuring rough diamonds, innovative artisan jeweler Todd Reed has been redefining luxury and championing ethical sourcing througho

John Cornish: A Mineral Hunter In His Element

Seeing nature’s treasures in their natural environments, never before seen by another human, is an amazing privilege, crystal and fossil hunter John Cornish relates. It c

Pete Leyba: Totally Turquoise

Prized for its blues, greens, and ever-varying patterns of distinctive matrix, turquoise is among the most popular of gemstones and has been for thousands of years. Think

Sarah Cathcart: Leather Jewelry, Masks, and More

Sarah Cathcart hand fashions elaborate and arresting leather masks one at a time, an art that grew out of her experience as a theatrical costume designer. But, she tells

Robert Lopez: Plan Your Outfit Around This Jewelry

It’s the challenge of making that interests Robert Lopez and drives him toward ever bigger and bolder jewelry designs. He thrives on figuring out the engineering of compl