Description
Jewelry Artist is a new podcast series about the art and business of making jewelry. In each episode, Katie Hacker will talk with jewelry experts about how they select and use tools, materials, and techniques. This first season will cover everything from studio practices, creativity, marketing, making multiple streams of income from your art, and more. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen.
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. “She thinks you’re a ghost,” someone finally told Karen. “She’s never seen a woman do what you’re doing.” In response, in 2019...
Published 04/28/22
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 different venues across the city, all with their own flavor. To me, the experience feels like part shopping adventure, learning...
Published 03/23/22