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JEWELRY Julia MacLachlan Born in England, Julia’s exploration of all that glitters
started at an early age. Fascinated by the substances around her, she studied materials science and metallurgy
at Cambridge University where she learned the fundamental building blocks of both her career and her craft. Nowadays as a Toledo resident, her day job as materials engineer involves researching
and testing the key components of automotive glazing, but outside the laboratory she is able to use her skills to explore
the creative potential of materials. Most of her jewelry is created outside the laboratory she is able
to use her skills to explore the creative potential of materials. Most of her jewelry is created in sterling
silver, with elements of gold and copper. Intermingled with the metals is a mix of gemstones and high quality
crystals in a range of simple and more complex designs. Her work is sold in galleries and at art fairs,
and in addition, she has designed and fabricated several privately commissioned pieces.
Kate
Argow Living
well is an art. The art form that I have chosen to help me live more fully and creatively is jewelry.
I create a large variety of jewelry types: key rings; purse straps; belts; mug markers; earrings;
watches; bracelets; pins; and necklaces. My prices range from three dollars to hundreds of dollars.
Silver, semi-precious stones, glass, clay , vintage brass, vintage dress pieces, and vintage watches are all used in
my work. One unusual line that I have developed is called The Time of Your Life. Vintage
watches that do not work are used in the pieces and are meant to be set to significant times in one’s life: birth of
baby; graduation; marriage; first job; etc. My art gives me joy. I hope it does the
same for you.
Sue Osborn Sue Osborn is a retired registered nurse and vaccine sales representative. She
now creates beautiful items from glass both through the fusing and slumping process as well as stain glass. Sue
shares that no two items she creates are ever alike. She has her own kiln and uses dichroic and other fusable
glass to design her own creations. Sue is willing to make anything to order that a customer wants.
Sarah Voltz Sarah Voltz, a Perrysburg, Ohio native, is a designer out of necessity. She says “I can tell
when I haven’t had time to be in the studio for a while. My mind just doesn’t clear the way
it should.” She uses beading and wire work time in the studio to let out all of those pent up ideas. “I remember as a girl looking at the
tiny collections of pretty stones and shells that I had gathered, and they would give me a feeling like I was brimming with
anticipation to create with them. My beads give me that same feeling as a grown up. My
inspirations and creations come from the beads and findings that are shouting the loudest from the bins that day.” She
doesn’t think that she has an actual style, “I just enjoy creating pieces in different styles to suit my many
moods.” Sarah’s studio is actually part of her kitchen so she can spend as much time with her two kids and loving husband
as possible. She does admit that as bothersome as it is having little fingers swiping her tools off the
desk she loves being able to have the kids with her as she works. Sarah plans to go back to school for jewelry design as the
kids get old enough to start school.
I was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1948, the
middle child of two other brothers. My mother had a strong background in art, mostly watercolor, which she was very good at.
When Christmas would roll around there would most always be art supplies under the tree and she always encouraged me. I attended Toledo Public Schools grade
school and in the 6th grade a painting I did in art class was exchanged with another student’s art from our
sister city, Toledo, Spain. This started the ball rolling and I attended classes on Saturday mornings at the Toledo Museum
of Art. In high school I started out with a general art class. The next three years I studied painting and commercial art. In 1969 duty called and I spent two years
in the US Army. I married my high school sweetheart the same year and we are still together after all these years. We have
two children. In 1971 I started working for Champion Spark Plug Co. and learned a lot about metal working there. Always interested in shooting and history,
in 1984 I built my first replica flintlock rifle. Most of these early rifles were engraved and that led me to the art of engraving.
I work with hammer & chisel and sometimes a bit of push engraving. I found out jewelry is easier to sell than rifles,
so I started engraving bracelets etc. and put my metal working background to good use. My wife suggested I use stones in some
pieces and I took her advice. I use the highest quality materials in all my work.
Linda Sattler A local artist of Toledo, Ohio,
Linda enjoys photography, clay, painting and a multi-media approach to many of her projects. The focus
of creating with color and dimension has led her to fusing glass. She likes the variety of “glass
collages’ that can be manipulated by the media and firing schedules, creating unique pieces. Her
jewelry and framed art have many cultural influences. Artist and educator, traveler and student, she and
her husband have hosted 29 foreign exchange sons and daughters.
Jessie Dick While attending BGSU- earning a Fine Arts degree- I woke up bright and early
to serve breakfast at Cafe Marie’s. Now I work in sales at WTOL giving me time (and money) to be able to work on my
jewelry most weekends and many evenings, and have been blessed with a garage studio to call mine. I want to create well-crafted,
hand fabricated jewelry that people of all tastes can love and enjoy. I personally enjoy the look and feel of sterling silver, so that is the medium I tend to work with. Natural stones
are usually incorporated into my pieces. And actually, once I find a stone I love, the stone usually guides me and helps in
the design process! My work can be super simple
to extremely funky, depending on my mood- and sometimes my studio music!
Ann M. Beck Born in Wyoming and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Ann is a Western hearted artist. She has three kids who were all born in New Mexico and they have lived in New Zealand and now reside in Ohio. Her traveling has evoked a love of different environments and climates. There is something special about every place that she has lived and Ann tries to capture that "something" in her art. Her love for nature and human interaction with nature is evident in her paintings and, to some extent, in her jewelry. Her educational history is somewhat sorted, starting with 3 years of college and no direction. She decided to work in order to travel, which led her to Sweden and Denmark on her own in search for life's meaning. Later she worked in galleries in New Mexico and became an apprentice to a New Mexican potter for some time. She took random classes that interested her through the years and became a certified childbirth educator where she work ed in a hospital for 6 years before having her second and third child(twins) with her geologist husband, Kurt Panter. Her family is her greatest pride. But though it all her artist heart kept pushing her to create. Her art education has come about primarily from "playing with things". She had an interest in painting from a from a very young age, but was introduced to oils in high school. She took to oils quickly and became passionate about landscape and portrait painting. Her interested in fiber art began much later, just before her stay in New Zealand. She has produced many felted pieces using various felting techniques. Throughout her her exploration of materials and mediums, jewelry making has been a constant passion. Ann's older sister and husband are both geologists, and so exposure to gem and mineral shows, as well as hands on outdoor experiences started at a very young age. Minerals have always fascinated her because of their naturally occurring colors and shapes. Creating designs with beads made from these minerals was a perfect creative outlet for Ann. The paper earrings have evolved to become something that is uniquely my own from start to finish. She takes a tremendous amount of pride in her work and love the process of creating.  Helen Samson Helen was introduced to the jewelry industry from her father-in-law. He owned Martin Jewelers on the east side of Toledo. She went to while she was in her twenties. The business was 75 years old when they decided to close it five years ago. Now Helen spends her time with family and doing what she loves - beadwork. She loves to use pearls in everything. This comes from her native heritage. Her great-grandmother was 100% Cherokee. The process is simple beadwork featuring pearls. Pearl varies in color and has a creamy texture. It is considered an organic mineral. The popularity of the pearl began in the classical Greek and Roman period. They were used throughout Asia and the South Seas. The Native Americans used them as well. Even Cleopatra and European royalty wore them.
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