With a name like Pearl, you could say the Beading Gem was naturally destined to be a jewelry artisan. A scientist by profession, she has had a life-long interest in design. After dabbling with different crafts, she became hooked with jewelry making several years ago. She then started teaching beginner beading and to sell her […]
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Choose your favorite HAF Etsy team members’ work, the whole premise of the challenge is just what the title says, Nature Calls, so if one of these entries spark your interest then vote!. The winning member will receive two weeks of free advertising on the Handmade Artists’ Forum, HAF Blog, Chainmaille By MBOI, and Makin’ […]
I began as a visual artist, in which I was trained (college) and still do visual art. But from the beginning I was drawn to handmade jewelry. Then my daughter began making jewelry. Her work was awesome, right from the beginning. She taught me the basics, and I’ve never looked back. I’ve never met a […]
Just thought I would show some love to one of our forum members Holly of Tuscan Road Designs. Holly is a jewelry designer and uses high quality materials with a unique eye for details. You will not find beads on a string with her work. Be prepared to see some lovely gems and lampwork beads […]
My name’s Nicole, and I live on the south coast of France, having moved here recently from the UK. I live very near the sea, and it energises me, providing me with endless inspiration and space to think through designs – I hope you like the results! I make chainmaille and wire-wrapped jewellery using silver […]
Elena Adams has been making and desiging jewelry for over 8 years. Elena states that she takes her inspiration from many sources and has always been fascinated by chain and the amazing patterns that can be produced. While she strives to maintain the interest of classic chain maille, she also updates her jewelry to suit the […]
I have been making lampwork beads for four years. My journey into glass art began simply with a class just to see how the glass beads I was using in my jewelry designs were made. One flicker of the flame and drop of the molten glass onto the mandrel and I was hooked. The fluidity […]
Kimberly states that Makin The Best Of It was originally started due to a severe addiction to creating in general. I’m here to tell you, Mrs. MBOI does some beautiful creating!! Besides keeping the 3 men in her life in line – Mr. MBOI, and 2 sons, Kimberly is also finishing up a degree in […]
We’ve been doing these Featured Artist articles for a bit now, but there are 2 artists who have not been featured, who are very important to this blog and the Handmade Artists Forum, that’s Mr and Mrs MBOI! AKA Andrew and Kimberly, who created Handmade Artists Forum, and this blog. This fantastic couple who live in […]
I was really excited when I found out that I was going to get to do the feature on Celtic Crossing. As some of you may know already, some of the artist features are written by the artist, and some are written by one of the editors. In this case, I get to do the […]