Instructors

Heather is a graduate student and adjunct faculty member in Metals + Jewelry at Towson University. Her work explores themes of growth, sustainability, and human impact on the environment through…

Himani Agarwal is a contemporary enamel artist and founder of The Joyful Enamelist. With over 15 years in the jewellery industry and trained in fire enamelling, she creates expressive, one-of-a-kind…

Gina Pisto is an artist currently living in Kansas City, MO. She completed her MFA in Ceramics at Ohio University in 2022 and has exhibited her work nationally in various…

Tiffany Saw is a Brooklyn-based ceramic artist and teacher who blends American and Chinese throwing techniques with traditional carving methods she studied in Jingdezhen. She meticulously hand-carves intricate flora and…

Renee Ford is a full-time studio jeweler and lifelong metalsmith living in Nashville,Tennessee. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1992. In 1994, she opened Blue Moon Jewelry Designs, a…

Scott Erb and Donna Dufault are commercial photographers with more than 30 years of experience photographing cool products, yummy food, and gorgeous handmade work for businesses, artists, and publications. Through…

Leslie Levings explores natural history, myth-making, and the human emotional experience through her ceramic creature sculpture.   Leslie is also the creator of The Beastlies™️: an ongoing line of small…

Lyle Rayfield is an award-winning metal clay artist and Master Instructor for Art Clay World USA, as well as an Accredited Teacher for Hadar’s Clay TM and a PMC Certified Artisan….

Katie Poterala holds a Master’s in Metals from ASU and has built a career as a bespoke jeweler, entrepreneur, and educator. After a health crisis linked to long-term studio and…

Jesse Bert holds a BFA from RIT, and an MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from ECU. 3 years spent as a tool and die maker’s apprentice before university gave him…

Corrina Goutos (1991 New York State) is an artist working in jewelry, objects, and installations currently based in Hamburg, Germany.  Having coined the term “Anthrosmithing” to describe her interdisciplinary practice-…

Katja Prins (b. 1970, Haarlem) is a Dutch jewelry artist. She studied at Vakschool Schoonhoven and Gerrit Rietveld Academie, earning an MFA at HKU in 2019. Her work explores the…

Drawn to art at an early age, Rachel Morris discovered metalsmithing at eight and never looked back. With 20+ years at the bench, she creates sculptural, architectural jewelry in metal…

Zachery Lechtenberg is an artist/craftsman living in Quincy Illinois.  His work revolves around illustration and the objects that drawings can adorn. His jewelry often utilizes  enamel with a graphic approach…

Megan Kerr, born in Geneva, New York, is a metalsmith, contemporary jeweler, and artist. She creates sculpture and jewelry that deconstruct familiar, intimate forms to explore vulnerability, impermanence, and repair….

Tom Olejar is a ceramic artist living and working in Longmont, Colorado. He obtained a BFA in sculpture and ceramics at the University of Central Florida. After a few years…

Shannon “owo” Webb was born and raised on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. There she attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine…

Paulette Werger is a studio jeweler and educator living in New Hampshire. She loves sharing information and teaches metals workshops throughout the country! She received her B.S.in Painting and Sculpture…

Nabila is a ceramic artist based in Jakarta, Indonesia who specializes in nerikomi. She earned her Bachelor’s from Pelita Harapan University studying Product Design, and it was here where she…

Yoav Liberman is a studio furniture maker, Judaica artist, and educator. His work spans original ritual objects, fine furniture, and sculptural pieces—often blending reclaimed wood, traditional techniques, and contemporary design….

Lindsey Mann is a UK jeweller, well recognized for her innovative approach to color and decoration on anodized aluminum. Lindsey has worked as a jeweler and educator since graduating in…

Pam Farren is a metalsmith, jewelry artist and instructor with 30 years of studio experience. She enjoys the excitement of working with those that are new to making jewelry as…

Taylor Mezo is a ceramic artist from Illinois, currently living in Pittsburgh PA. She works primarily in sculptural and functional ware, using red earthenware to create vessels utilizing a mixture…

Existing primarily as sculpture and objects, Emily Culver’s work explores notions of intimacy, (non)functionality, gender and identity through corporeal qualities. Through these works she considers how interactions among objects are…