Joy Bolster, a Native American Hopi, designs contemporary jewelry that incorporates the rich cultural diversity that is her heritage. Jewelry making is in her blood. Both grandfathers were jewelry makers; one a Hopi silversmith and the other a...
Allyson Bone is a graduate student in Jewelry and Metal Arts at the University of Iowa, where she also completed her undergraduate career. Along with creating art pieces, she sells small run jewelry in the Iowa City/Coralville area.
Balpreet Kaur was born Barbara Wise in 1946 in Iowa City, Iowa. She grew up there with four younger siblings. She graduated with a B.A. in Theater from Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1969. She was a student of ceramics in 1969-70 at...
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female; Women soldiers -- Iowa -- Fort Des Moines; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
My art career began in the late l980's while in college at the University of Iowa. The last two years I took a number of metalworking classes. One of the attributes of this study was that the homework was marketable. By the last year in school, my...
T.J. Lechtenberg is in his third year of the MFA program in The Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department at the University of Iowa. His current work explores silent metal forming with sheet metal, and seeks to establish voluminous forms from the flat...
Krystal writes, 'I'm 25, married, from Mason City. I started making jewelry when I was 10 doing mostly stringing for my mom. As a teenager I did a lot of hemp weaving but as I grew into my 20's I grew out of the phase. I taught myself how to...
Thomine Wilson is a native Iowan who can't wait for tomorrow to come, but doesn't want to leave yesterday behind. It is her love for the old and the new that have been the inspiration behind Designs By Thomine.