During my first winter living in Maine, I found myself craving a new hobby to keep me busy. I have really enjoyed working with clay as a medium in the past (ceramics classes in high school, sculpture class in college), and had been further inspired by a few polymer clay earring tutorials I had seen… Read more »

Ever since I was a child I have always loved art. From drawing detailed pictures as a child to pottery and jewelry in my High School years. After High School I went to Maine College of Art. I wanted to become a ceramics major, but after taking metalsmithing and jewelry I was hooked, so I… Read more »

An avid reader, I came into metalsmithing through browsing in a bookstore. I curiously was thumbing through the craft section and found a book on jewelry making. I had no idea, that it was possible to create such interesting and beautiful objects with some tools and my own hands. I signed up for a weekend… Read more »

I am a jewelry designer working and living in Portland, ME.  I design simple, minimalistic jewelry for women who want a splash of color in their life, but also want the convenience of jewelry they can put on and leave on, that they can live in.  I use Japanese glass beads that won’t fade or… Read more »

I am primarily self-taught with several years of art edu back in the 70’s. My artistry had sort of whittled back to photography due to much work and many children and was purely for my pleasure and preserving a sane frame of mind. As life evolves through twists ‘n turns I decided to act on… Read more »

I began collecting rocks/minerals/specimens at an early age and would visit the Peabody Museum in Boston. After moving to Maine in the early 1970s, I would go rock hunting at the quarries and mines, making friends with the local miners. I started cutting cabochons and later took jewelry fabrication and stone setting lessons from Addison… Read more »

From a very young age, Sharon expressed her creativity through the visual arts. After graduating from Boston University’s College of Communication, her first career began in documentary filmmaking and proceeded to online media. After 15 years in the industry, she longed to engage directly in social change efforts. Sharon left media, traveled around the world,… Read more »

Tracey Graves has developed a deep appreciation for the things that matter most. From an early age, she had a unique perspective on life as the daughter of a funeral director. As she got older, this view of the world shaped her desire to always find meaning in the little things. In 2007, as the… Read more »

My name is Sarah, and I am the designer and owner of a world called Vintage Earth, which I operate out of my studio in Southern Maine. I have been designing and selling jewelry for several years, and started Vintage Earth in 2002. Rocks, glass and metal are just a few of my obsessions. I… Read more »

I first began silversmithing as a camper at Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake in 1993. For Christmas in 1996 I received my first tools – saw, hammers, buffing machine, and a blowtorch! I continued exploring silvercraft through summers at Wohelo, and on my own during the school year. After moving to Carrabassett Valley in my… Read more »