Instructors

Margaret Jacobs, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an artist, educator and independent curator. Her work explores the natural world and man-made materials while embracing and intermingling technology processes with materials more frequently…

Nanette Pengelley is a queer, Jamaican-American metalsmith from South Florida. Leaving home at 17, she went on to live in Quito, Boston, and Florence. After graduating from MassArt in 2015…

Kendall Reiss grew up exploring the rocky shoreline of Narragansett Bay. She earned a BS in Geology from Dickinson College, and a MFA in Jewelry + Metalsmithing from the Rhode…

Kelly Jean Conroy grew up in New England and began her path to Jewelry and Metalsmithing while at Syracuse University graduating with a degree in Art Ed. She has her…

Since graduating from the BA Jewellery Design Course at Middlesex University London in 1987 Ruth has dedicated her practice to the application of color through vitreous enamels on precious metals….

Emiko is a Certified MELT Method and ERYT-200 Yoga Teacher with over a decade of teaching experience, and a Jewelry Artist in LEGO from San Francisco, CA. Through her wellness…

We all have an origin story, mine begins in Pennsylvania and the rolling hills of Appalachia.  After an introduction to clay as a business student at Penn State, I felt…

I am an artist specializing in primitive firing techniques. I am fascinated with ancient cultures and the primitive firing techniques used to create various colors and patterns on the surface…

Bekah Bliss is a ceramic artist living in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Selected as one of Ceramic Monthly’s Emerging Artists 2022, Bekah’s functional ceramics are carefully considered —…

Bill Jones is a studio potter working in Western North Carolina. His work pulls heavily from languages of traditional functional pottery while also focusing on the sculptural potential of clay….

Jessica trained in jewellery and enamel at Central School of Art, London. After graduation, she established a studio in Bristol, England, and she now divides her time between studio work…

Meaghan received her BFA at CSU, Chico and she earned an MFA at the UMass, Dartmouth as a Distinguished Art Fellow in the field of ceramics. Outside of academia, she…

Vicki Assegued, M.A. is an innovative fiber artist, continually experimenting with new techniques and structures for both 2D and 3D art pieces. Vicki greatly enjoys working with the vast variety…

Taekyeom is a multidisciplinary designer, educator, and maker. He is currently an Assistant professor of Graphic Design at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research explores unconventional materials and alternative solutions…

Nisa Blackmon is a full-time studio artist with graduate degrees in both art and science and over 30 years of metalsmithing and enameling experience. Nisa has used tab construction in…

Loretta is an award-winning artist and well-known studio jeweler whose work is found in select galleries, exhibitions, and art fairs nationwide. With a fine art background and a degree in…

Corliss Rose is part of 2-Roses, a Southern California design studio shared with John Lemieux Rose. Over the last two decades, Corliss has focused on incorporating polymer clay with traditional…

Addison de Lisle earned his BFA from the Maine College of Art in 2011 and received his MFA from SIU Carbondale in 2018. He has also attended workshops and residencies…

Kristina Glick is a metalsmith, enamelist, and drawing artist. She is head of the metals and jewelry program at Idaho State University and teaches workshops for craft schools and metalsmithing…

Motoko Furuhashi is fascinated by the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death – and the complexity of the processes that govern life between one place and the next. Using…

Born 1978 in Koblenz am Rhein/ Germany- lives and works in Munich 1995-1999 technical college, Koblenz/Rhine; Aug-Jan training as a goldsmith; 2000-2004 Trier University of Applied Sciences; FB Idar-Oberstein, studied…