TIM GARVIN  Durham, NC artist, Tim Garvin, is cre­ator of hand­crafted porce­lain ear­rings, reversible pen­dants and bracelets in the mille­fiori tech­nique with accents of sil­ver and pearl. The extreme detail and intense color in Tim’s ceramic work results from the use of over 500 dif­fer­ent col­ors of clay in an ancient tech­nique known as millefiori.

JENNIFER LI  Hand flame­worked glass jew­elry cre­ated by Jen­nifer Li in her Ohio home stu­dio. Jennifer’s jew­elry incor­po­rates bright and col­or­ful glass beads with unusual sil­ver beads and clasps.

NANCY GIERE  Cre­ator of dichroic art glass jew­elry, Nancy Giere, began her jour­ney in glass fus­ing as way to unwind from the stresses of run­ning a busy con­sult­ing prac­tice. This medium allows her to cre­ate dynamic, vibrant unique pieces that make a bold state­ment. Dif­fer­ent sizes and shapes of glass are stacked in unique designs and fired in a kiln at 1450 degrees. Dur­ing the fus­ing process, the glass comes alive and takes on a whole new char­ac­ter. After the first fir­ing, the glass is cold worked and fire pol­ished mul­ti­ple times until Nancy is sat­is­fied with the shape and qual­ity of each piece. The type, size and color of the glass in each piece reacts with sub­tle vari­ances, and like snowflakes, results in truly unique cre­ations of beauty.

FRANK TUURI  West­ern North Car­olina artist Frank Tuuri uses the finest dichroic glass avail­able in his jew­elry. Each sheet of glass is care­fully for­mu­lated and fired in the kiln sev­eral times before a piece of jew­elry is com­pleted. His sig­na­ture look is unlike any­thing in the marketplace.

SHIRLEY PRICE  Drawn to the quiet bal­ance of the Asian cul­ture and inspired by beau­ti­ful col­ored stones gath­ered on trips around the world, Cal­i­for­nia artist Shirley Price cre­ates her fine sil­ver jew­elry “to reflect a woman’s innate indi­vid­u­al­ity, beauty and mystery.”

THOMAS KUHNER  Thomas Kuh­ner of New Hamp­shire cre­ates fine hand­wrought ster­ling sil­ver jew­elry. Each piece is care­fully formed in pre­cious met­als using tra­di­tional centuries-old tech­niques. Con­structed pieces evolve from sim­ple and nat­ural pat­terns found every­where from shells in the sea to mol­e­c­u­lar pat­terns in the world of the atom.

MARTIN JAMES KNEELAND  Wash­ing­ton jew­eler Mar­tin James Knee­land hand fab­ri­cates his met­al­work with only a lit­tle use of sol­der­ing, weld­ing and cast­ing. All pearls are fresh water, gems are AAA grade qual­ity, and met­als are sourced eco-friendly.