Earrings (2021), silver and mica, dimensions: 3" x 1.25". Artist statement: "Di Luce means "light" in Italian and that is one of my aspirations; to capture the subtleties of light in metal forms that creep into our NW consciousness. I look to the outside world, the forests and my garden, to reduce these natural forms into unique wearable sculptures that evoke a diligence to the handmade incorporating subtleties of light, space, and time. I play with combinations of dark/light and all the gradations in between on silver, brass, and bronze. Each piece has its own story of coming to into fruition."  

Necklace and earrings (2021), textured and forged steel. Alair Wells, owner of Tinder Heart Metals and Design, creates jewelry, small welded and forged objects, as well as commissioned large scale architectural iron work. As an artist, her mixed-media installations have been exhibited in Atlanta, New Orleans, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and Seattle. She currently teaches Blacksmithing at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Welding and Forging at Coyote Central, Basic Blacksmithing classes at Lawless Forge, and private metalworking lessons from her Georgetown studio.

"Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products perceived to be of greater quality, such as artistic value or environmental value." Bring your friends and spend 2-3 hours making jewelry from found, salvaged, and saved treasures! You can bring any jewelry, beads, doo-dads or other miscellaneous that you would like to make into jewelry, and we will make beauty and fun! This is NOT a jewelry repair class although if you have something very simple bring it along just in case it transforms into something else. The instructor, Kjersten Gmeiner, has decades of experience making jewelry and loves up cycling! She will bring some supplies including jewelry, "findings," beads and baubles, and Coyote North has all of the tools.