Tinkering with craft began for Baleigh as a wee adolescent—by taking objects apart to see how they were built. She pursued a BFA in Creative Writing and realized she had made a terrible mistake, because what she really wanted to do was work with her hands. Baleigh then enrolled in the North Bennet Street School’s Jewelry Making & Repair program in Bahston, MA and everything was good again.

NBSS trained her to craft her own tools, fabricate intricate pieces from scratch, set diamonds and precious gems, and repair fine jewelry. As a process jeweler, Baleigh is turned on from the problem-solving involved in building intricate pieces and setting weird stones. Her work contains bold colors, clean lines, and lots of geometry.

Baleigh is the Director of Alchemy at the artisan jewelry gallery, Balefire Goods, and teaches metalsmithing and stone-setting workshops across the US. She shares a studio in Denver, Colorado with her talented hubs Alex Boyd, along with their two pups and cat.