One-of-a kind, high quality handcrafted artisan jewelry made in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our gallery offers fantastic bracelets, pendants, earrings and pins in various native and exotic gemstones, lampwork and beads as well as hammered or molded precious metals jewelry.

Marsha BalbierMarshaz Art, Asheville NCStudied in fine art and design at leading schools such as Philadelphia Textile and the Banff School of Fine Arts, Marsha is an accomplished mixed media artist with a passion to create one-of-a-kind vivid works of art using a combination of colors, shapes and designs. After 20 years as an interior designer, jewelry designer, printmaker, potter and watercolorist, she is currently working with glass - producing unique and colorful wearable art jewelry.. Website: http://www.marshazart.com/

Linda Bellino Burnsville NC Linda is mostly self-taught even though her introduction to fiber art began in her family. Since then, she has become well known for imaginative lampwork beads that are featured in her eye-catching line of bracelets, earrings, and necklaces. The line of jewelry, frogs and lizards she started in the 80's has naturally expanded since then and continues to bring joy and smiles to her customers.
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Leon Cassada appalachian jewelry, asheville NC Leon uses pressed flowers and leaves to create lovely handmade jewelry in all original designs. His unique line of fashionable barrettes, earrings, pendants and lapel pins is appealing and long lasting. This distinguished one-of-a-kind look is created by using “liquid glass” with a paper backing to display the flower or leaf inside. The natural jewelry pieces have a fine high gloss finish. Leon is also an alumni of the Mountain Bizworks program for area enterpreneurs. Website: n/a

Julie Larson Larson Porcelain and Design Studio, Asheville NC Tyrone and Julie Larson have been practicing studio potters and designers since 1966. Tyrone does most of the wheel work, while Julie concentrates on glazing, painting, and designing new pieces. But at Mountain Made Julie displays her love of the natural beauty found in WNC by creating a one-of-kind jewelry made from natural flowers and petals. Her wonderful wearable flower art actually changes colors as a piece ages, like leaves in the fall. Website: n/a

Kathy Lightcap Lightcap Glass Art, weaverville NC Kathy has shown a flair for jewelry making since childhood. Today, she uses kiln formed and cast glass pieces with handmade sterling wire beads and accents to create unique jewelry pieces. She has studied fused glass and other glass working technologies as both a student and master artisan. Kathy says, “Glass is fascinating. In the kiln the shapes and colors change and always surprise you.”
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Jill Love black mountain NCJill’s jewelry is inspired by her passion for gemstones, the mountains, the rivers and the ever changing colors of the sky. By combining a variety of gemstones with silver, she creates designer jewelry pieces of understated elegance, very tactile, dimensional and wearable. Her designs include necklaces, pendants, earrings and bracelets created using a variety of gemstone and metal combinations. Website: n/a

Teresa Lovelace Hi Ho Silver, Asheville NCTeresa has loved making jewelry and been involved in some form of art since childhood. In 2000 she took a silver smithing class and now creates stunning designs featuring silver and copper. She also works with gold filled metals, semiprecious stones and unique beads to create handcrafted jewelry designs and wearable art pieces. Her line of hand-hammered metal earrings are meticulously detailed and crafted from a variety of metals and metal combinations. Website: n/a

Sharon McCollum Creations by Anne, Asheville NC Sharon first started making Jewelry in 2006 as a hobby and it soon became a growing passion. However she never seemed to have enough time to do what she loved due to caring for family members during various medical emergencies. But in the quiet hours, in her spare time, Sharon went back to handcrafting her jewelry. Her designs are created using the earth's natural gems, lead crystals, wire work and fused glass that incorporates Dichoric or Iridized glass.. Website: www.creationsbyanne.artfire.com

Donnabeth Mitchell Asheville NC Based outside of Asheville NC, jewelry designer Donnabeth creates contemporary necklaces, bracelets, and earrings in a sophisticated palette of glass beads, sterling silver and bronze based on nature. She is also well known for her Buenas Ondas graphic design work along with her glass leaf and raindrop shaped jewelry. Website: donnabethmitchell.com

Stuart Nye Stuart Nye Jewelry, Asheville NC Inspired by the blooms outside his workshop window in the mountains of Western North Carolina, company founder Stuart Nye made his first Sterling Silver dogwood pin by hand in 1933. Since then his original designs have become nationally known and loved. Today, the jewelry line includes numerous nature-inspired collections of earrings, pendants, bracelets, and lapel pins that are handcrafted from Sterling Silver, Copper and Brass. Website: www.stuartnye.com

Pegi Pike Echo Handcrafted Jewelry , Asheville NC Pegi Pike hand crafts designer art jewelry in Sterling and Fine Silver. She has studied with several master jewelers and has taught herself how to express her love of nature through her sterling silver jewelry pieces. Enameling and Precious Metal Clay add an exciting dimension to her work - allowing the use of texture and color in a way that can't be replicated with sterling and stones at the workbench. Website: echojewelry.net

Gayle Ray Gayle Ray Fine Art, Asheville NCGayle is a fine painter who also designs beautiful gemstone jewelry. With an eye to unique color and texture combinations as well as the light within each stone, her handcrafted Necklaces, Earrings, and Bracelets are stylish wearable art pieces Gayle combines semi-precious stones, sterling silver, soft flex wire and blessings to create unique pieces with the intention of bringing peace and harmony to the wearer. Website: www.gayleray.com

Anne Stafford Asheville NCAnne creates jewelry that is uniquely reminiscent of Western North Carolina by combining local gemstones with hand crafted little black bears. Her pieces often have black beadwork and bear carvings made from hematite and feature natural organic textures. Hematite is found in many locations in NC and is highly regarded by some for its magnetic and therapeutic properties. Website: n/a

Judy Tanner Unique Clay Creations, dana NC Judy grew up with an artistic family and especially enjoyed her childhood imaginary world of dolls, doll house and miniature collectibles. As an adult, she explored many different types of art works but always wished she could find one special medium that she could call her own. In 1997, she discovered polymer clay and finally found her true bliss. Since then and to the delight of many, Judy has developed an enchanting and whimsical line of handcrafted jewelry and gift items. Website: artsyclay.blogspot.com

Kim Thompson Kim thompson jewelry, waynesville NC Kim says her grandmother often told her "The most important tools you possess are your own two hands." She has applied hers with skill and dedication to her passions and was rewarded with the deep satisfaction crafting by hand can bring. As a jewelry designer, her stone and sterling silver pieces reflect her reverence for Nature and an awareness of the sublime beauty and timeless elegance inherent in simplicity. Website: kimthompsonjewelry.com

Sally Timmel-Gammons dred works, waynesville NC Dancin' Dreds is Sally's unique character line of wearable art jewelry. Based on her philosophy of life: Live, Love, Laugh, these designs are inspired from her background in elementary education and creating simple forms with bright colors. These colorful art piece earrings display her unique and playful signature that is found in all of her artwork.
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Frank Tuuri Renaissance Glass Studio, alexander NCUnlike other dichroic glass, Frank Tuuri's art glass has incredible color, depth, brilliance and evokes a captivating and colorful, artistic expression. Years of experimentation and testing have lead him to the gorgeous result that is seen in his brilliantly colorful line of fashion jewelry. Frank's jewelry is available in 8 color lines of dichroic glass set in sterling silver and includes: barrettes, beads, earrings, necklaces, pendants. Website: www.renglass.com

Edwin Weaver, Jr. Asheville NCA self-taught glass blower, Ed has been creating works of art for 33 years. Ed is a master artisan who uses both lampwork and the furnace to shape, blow and spin crystal and colored glass. His work ranges from exceptional one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces to "little works of art" in the form of glass art marbles. Many of his art objects are in private collections around the world including the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. (Ed is also listed under Glass.) Website:n/a

James Yaun James Yaun Glass Art , Asheville NCJames Yaun is one of the world's foremost masters in the use of pure gold and fine silver fuming in his glass creations. The fuming process sends wisps and trails and paths DEEP down into his vortexes - producing one-of-a-kind earthy, very planet-like landscapes. Well-known for his pendants and beads, James' art glass jewelry designs are both stunning and highly collectible. (James is also listed under Glass.)
Website: jamesyaun.com