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< Back Georgia Talent Seldom Saw is a Certified Nutritionist & Certified Herbalist by trade who started practicing Farm-to-Table Cuisine in 2012 and has worked with over 30 local Georgia Farms. Seldom began Gemstone Wire Wrapping after going Gemstone Mining in 2020 at the beginning of the Covid Pandemic shutdown. He stuck with the art of Wire Wrapping Gemstones and now does Wire Wrap work as a full time job. Seldom loves Gemstones & Metalsmithing. He has also taken courses from MAGG including Sand Casting, Filigree, Jooltool School, Lost Wax Casting, as well as Metalsmithing for beginners. Elijah plans on expanding past Wire Wrapping into Stone Setting & Fabricated Jewelry during 2024-2025 https://www.kingsapron.com http://www.instagram.com/kingsapron https://www.tiktok.com/@kingsapron Seldom Saw

< Back Georgia Talent Ekaterina Domashchenko graduated from Georgia Tech with a business degree before she ever stepped foot in a jewelry studio. Soon after graduating with an unfulfilling degree she took her first metalsmithing class and fell head over heels for it. Years of beading and wire work prepared her for jewelry design but Ekaterina's primary inspiration comes from the sculptural capacity of metal. Her work often features intricate sawed out leaves, flowers, and trees, and wax cast elements as well. Ekaterina Domashchenko

< Back Visiting Artist As a working jewelry artist, I have exhibited my craft at fine art and craft shows and through galleries, for 20+ years. I am a metals instructor at Lill Street Art Center and at The Art Center of Highland Park in the Chicago area. https://bernasconidesign.com https://instagram.com/bernasconidesign Linda Bernasconi The Sun-Smart Collection Linda Bernasconi Button View More

< Back Georgia Talent Caroline Flournoy is a north-Georgia based metalsmith. She holds a B.F.A. in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Georgia and Advanced Stone Setting certifications from Stuller Inc. Caroline approaches her studio practice through a lens of play. Her interest in body ornament flourishes through subjects such as texture, material collaboration and humor. Her biggest inspiration is any cartoon dragon sleeping over a hoard of gold and she hopes to one day amass a similar collection. Caroline Flournoy

< Back Visiting Artist Graduate Jeweler, Revere Academy, 2000-2004 Graduate Gemologist, GIA, 2004 Sam has studied with many world renowned metal artists in workshops. He worked for two established jewelers as assistant from 2005-2012 and has been showing his work with galleries and at wholesale and retail shows for over 10 years. https://www.instagram.com/samwoehrmann/ Sam Woehrmann The Sun-Smart Collection Sam Woehrmann Button View More

< Back Christina Kober Designs began as a hobby, essentially to help Christina learn about her father's business. Her father owned JFF Jeweler Supply, a jeweler supply store in Atlanta, Georgia. Christina began working for him when she was 14. She knew nothing about the field--it was just a summer and holiday job to fill her closet with clothes. Little did she know it would turn into her passion. After graduating college, Christina continued working at JFF. She found that she was curious about the process of making jewelry and decided to begin taking classes. She was like a sponge, asking customers and coworkers questions, reading books and experimenting at home. Soon, she found herself recommending what tools to buy and providing her own insights into crafting and fabricating jewelry. In 2007, armed with a few designs and some business cards, Christina opened her etsy shop and started exhibiting at art festivals. She quickly found a connection to her customers through her fortune cookie collection & inspiring messages. After being featured by a prominent blogger, followed by immense (and unexpected) social media attention in 2011, Christina Kober Designs grew exponentially and began partnering with retailers around the nation. https://christinakober.com/ Christina Kober-Kauke

< Back Georgia Talent Tony has been active in metalsmithing and jewelry making for the last 6 years. After 30 years as a mechanical engineer, he began metalsmithing as a way to find a mental break from the stresses of his career and to develop his more artistic side. As the son of an aircraft machinist, he has worked with machining and other metal working tools throughout his life. Tony focuses his jewelry primarily on forged or manipulated metal. In addition to basic metal smithing techniques Tony uses presses and rolling mills to form the shapes of his pieces and, also utilizes his engineering skills to create solid 3D models in CAD and then print them in high resolution resin for casting. Tony and his family moved to the Kennesaw area in 2011 after spending many years working abroad in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Tony Sanger

< Back Georgia Talent Born in Minneapolis, Minn., Kathryn Kinev moved to Atlanta with her family at an early age. She attended Georgia State University and earned a bachelor of arts degree in fine arts, specializing in jewelry design and silversmithing. At GSU she discovered metalworking. “Once my hands touched metal, I never wanted to do anything else but design jewelry,” said Kinev, who studied under Professor Richard Mafong. Kinev began her professional career working for Atlanta-area jewelers. She opened Jewel Creations in her apartment in 1982. She incorporated Jewel Creations and moved to Buckhead on Peachtree Road in 1985. During this period she discovered the unique art of granulation and chain making, which had been of interest to her since her GSU days. She was inspired by the work of Smithsonian artist John Paul Miller of the Cleveland Institute of Art and attended classes with Jean Stark. Kinev studied ancient jewelry technology in London in 2005. Kinev is known for her strengths in creating original designs, fabricating, casting and stone setting. She works in platinum, 18K and 22K, including granulation. She is a graduate gemologist and an Alumni member of the Gemological Institute of America. She is a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. She is a current member of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers and president of the Georgia Chapter of the Gemological Institute of America. https://jewelcreations.com/ Kathy Kinev

< Back Georgia Talent Priscilla Fritsch began silversmithing in 2004 after leaving the corporate world of engineering. She has studied at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco as well as taken numerous classes in silversmithing techniques and design. Priscilla has taught classes at private studios throughout the area and has demonstrated silversmithing techniques at the American Craft Council Show in Atlanta. Since 2010 she has taught jewelry and metalsmithing classes at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta. Much of her work is strongly influenced by traditional and modern Scandinavian design, and from artifacts found at historical Nordic archaeological excavations. Priscilla finds great pleasure in helping students overcome their fear of tools and mistakes. She has a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Priscilla Fritsch

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< Back Visiting Artist Suzanne Williams is a Colorado resident. She graduated from Colorado State University in 1980 with a BFA in printmaking and later worked as a graphic artist, illustrator, fine artist, and technician in art/bronze casting foundries before beginning her jewelry-making career in 1990. In the past 32 years she has shown her signature 3-dimensional work in many galleries, art festivals and group shows, and has more recently been teaching workshops, particularly with a focus on designing and creating novel and unconventional clasps and closures. http://suzannewilliamsjewelry.com https://www.facebook.com/suzannewilliamsjewelry/ Suzanne Williams

< Back Georgia Talent (He/Him/They/Them) is best known as the Office/Studio Manager of the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia office and studio. He has been making jewelry since he was a small child, but began learning silversmithing skills in community art classes, now continuing to learn and create in his home studio. Rian is an apprentice at MASS collective, studying both woodworking and larger-scale metalworking, welding, and blacksmithing. Rian is also a photographer, and an airshifter on community radio. Rian Archer