Rochester, NY
Artist: Grace Keegan
Polymer Clay Jewelry
About: Grace is inspired by the moon and crystals, incorporating both into her polymer clay jewelry to create unique statement pieces that are good for the soul. Perfect for every day wear, with simple shapes and designs that are timeless.
Instagram: @with_love_by_grace
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Artist Christine Meyer
Resin & Glitter Jewelry
About: Christine is a self-taught resin artist, calling it her favorite medium to work with because of the infinite possibilities. She's recently added 3d printing to her long list of skills when creating, taking her infinite possibilities to the next level. Christine's motto "Wear Your Art", believing that pins should sparkle and earrings should dazzle, Christine's jewelry will get you noticed!
Instagram: @christineandcodesign
Facebook: Christine & Co. Design
Artist: Claire Harvey
Morse Cord Jewelry & Home Décor
About: Claire creates remembrance of meaningful moments in her simple and elegant Morse Code jewelry pieces. From her new line of One Roc/One World bracelets to her customized name and date necklaces. There is something special in store for everyone. You can also find unique and vintage hoop & wreath home décor.
Instagram: @claireflair
Facebook: ClaireFlair Design
Artist: Brenna Van Norman
Handcrafted Jewelry & Home Fragrances
About: Brenna is the shop owner of Cleo + Kin and maker behind her own line of minimalist handcrafted jewelry and home fragrance's.
Brenna's jewelry is made with 14K gold filled metals and carefully selected gemstones, making each piece unique and one-of-a-kind. Her home fragrance collection consists of soy wax candles, room sprays and ethically sourced sage and palo santo.
Instagram: @shopcleoandkin
Artist: Danielle Sara Zatkowsky
Mixed Media Jewelry
About: Danielle is a mom, art teacher and artist currently working out of her home studio in Rochester, NY. Danielle's work continues to change and evolve with ebbs and flows in materials and subjects, but she keep's finding herself drawn to earrings. For Danielle, earrings make the outfit, and the outfit can influence the mood. Sometimes it is hard to feel good in our own skin, but Danielle aims to not only have her wearers accept themselves but also dress themselves up! Follow along as Danielle continues to explore different methods of creativity and making.
Instagram: @daniellesaradesigns
Facebook: Danielle Sara Zatkowsky
Artist: Erica Belsher
Small Batch Minimalist Crystal Jewelry
About: Erica is an EMT by night and an artist by day! Working under the name Eleven handcrafting small batch jewelry, Erica created this business in hopes of a little extra income before her newborn arrived. After two years she fell in love with creating minimal & meaningful pieces that make others happy and continues to expand her business with new elements and mediums to her work.
Instagram: @eleven.eb
Artist: Erica Bapst
Mixed Metal Jewelry
About: Erica has an intense love for nature and express's that love through her metal work. Using a variety of metals including sterling silver and brass, she creates both simple every day styles as well as wearable sculptures often depicting elements from nature, life, leaves, forests and terrain. Much of Erica's work is accented with semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls and Czech glass.
Instagram: @ericabapst
Artist: Linh Truong
Polymer Clay Jewelry, Apparel, Accessories
About: Ever Darling officially launched in January of 2022. From graphic t-shirts to scrunchies, and polymer clay earrings, each piece is handmade and crafted with love. Ever Darling is run solely by it's founder Linh, who has a passion for fashion, arts and crafts.
Instagram: @shopeverdarling
Facebook: Shop Ever Darling
Artists: Ellie & Crystal
Small Batch Jewelry
About: Figgy Pudding Art is owned, curated and loved by two owners: Ellie & Crystal. Their love for the art of jewelry making began about four years ago at their tiny dining room tables. Since then, they have come a long way and have discovered a love and passion for working with polymer clay, copper, and natural earthy stones. Ellie & Crystal pride themselves in the handmade creation of small batch, high quality, affordable jewelry for everyone.
Instagram: @figgypuddingart
Facebook: Figgy Pudding Art
Artist: Grace Carnall
Statement Jewelry
About: Grace recently took up creating jewelry right after the new year. With two passions governing her business, the first being to make a statement and the second being to proctect the environment. Whether it be through jewelry or words, Grace craves being bold and inspiring others to find the confidence to do the same. She also strives to find ways to be eco-friendly in her internal practices and packaging.
Instagram: @gracefully_bold
Facebook: Gracefully_Bold
Artist: Nathan Kinne
Wooden Jewelry
About: Happy Sasquatch Designs creates unique hand made wooden jewelry using a blend of salvaged and locally sourced materials. Creating jewelry that makes him smile, Nathan strives to use simple minimalist designs in order to showcase the wood's natural beauty.
Instagram: @happysasquatchdesigns
Facebook: Happy Sasquatch Designs
Artist: Sarah Denaro
Bohemian Macramé Jewelry
About: Sarah grew up very craft-oriented and always wanted to own her own jewelry business. She started learning the art of macramé in 2017 and has been in love ever since. Sarah makes bohemian wearable art pieces with a modern twist. She likes to incorporate stones, charms and beads into her work for added flair. She makes it all from scratch, so anything can be customized.
Instagram: @hangloosecreations
Facebook: Hang Loose Creations
Artist: Kyri
Small Batch Jewelry
About: Kyri is a jeweler currently living in Rochester. Her undergraduate studies in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design began at Towson University in Baltimore. As her passion for jewelry continued to grow, she moved to upstate NY to pursue her MFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design from RIT. After graduation in 2017, Kyri has continued to live and work in the area.
Make sure to check out Kyri's sister jewelry line "Horizon Drive"!
Instagram: @kyrijewelry
Facebook: Kyri Jewelry
Artist: LeAnne Marquis
Torched Jewelry, Original Art
About: LeAnne uses mixed metals such as copper, brass, bronze, sterling and fine silver when creating her jewelry. To achieve the color on her designs she uses a torch to "fire paint" her creations. No two pieces will ever be the same due to the wild nature of flame on copper, making for truly one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry. LeAnne also incorporates semi-precious gemstones and creates work inspired by nature.
Instagram: @leannemarquisjewlery
Facebook: LeAnne Marquis Jewelry
Artist: Lilian Neim
Polymer Clay Jewelry
About: Lilian is a Ph.D. student living in Rochester and started working with polymer clay in January 2022 to help with her depression and anxiety. As she fell in love with the craft and with the encouragement + support of her loved ones, Lilian started to design her own ideas + sketches and opened a small Etsy shop to sell to the public.
Lilian's polymer clay jewelry is lightweight and uniquely made to highlight the uniqueness of the person wearing them.
Instagram: @loopsoftulips
Artist: Linda Connor Cass
Natural Stone Jewelry
About: Linda strives to create wearable works of art, that help others to present themselves to the world. Her line of jewelry is inspired by the color and texture of natural stones. Her creative process starts with the special stones she finds on her trip to Tuscan, AZ every year. She then sets her stones in a variety of ways including bead stitching, precious metal clay and metalsmithing.
Instagram: @loudeesjewelry
Facebook: Loudee's Jewelry
Artist: Lauren Tomlinson
Polymer Clay Jewelry
About: Whether it's big and bold or light and dainty, Lauren creates polymer clay jewelry with every wearer in mind. Designing each slab of clay and utilizing every inch of it, Lauren makes unique, one of a kind pieces, that you are definitely going to want to get your hands on.
Instagram: @ltcreated
Artist: Maddie Hoose
Polymer Clay Jewelry
About: Lucia Sol is a small batch studio in DT Rochester devoted to creating authentic & representative statement pieces. Owner, maker & Juicy IPA enthusiast Maddie, is a Roc Native whose love for community and environment remains a driving force in her budding small business.
Instagram: @luciasolstudio
Artist: Madison Schoenfeld
3D Printed, Sterling Silver Jewelry
About: Designer and maker, Maddy Schoenfeld strives to stretch the limits of 3D Printing applications by using them in a totally unique way, utilizing both color and form to build geometric shapes into organic compositions. Maddy is also a metalsmith and incorporates many traditional techniques into her sterling silver designs including forging and reticulation.
Instagram: @madisonsophiajewelry
Facebook: Madison Sophia Jewelry
Artist: Melissa LeBeau
Mixed Metal Jewelry
About: Melissa is a part time tutor and full time creator residing in the town of Webster. Specializing in working with mixed metals, in the form of metal clay and recycled sheet metal. You can find her handcrafted pieces with chain, leather and beads of all shapes and sizes. A lover of cats, flowers and hearts, you'll find the theme reoccurring in her work!
Instagram: @mcl_designs
Facebook: mcldesigns.com
Artist: Miriam Steinberg
Natural Gemstone Jewelry
About: Miriam has been making art of one kind or another for as long as she can remember. She's been fascinated by gemstones and rocks since her older brother started collecting them during childhood. Miriam has received her BFA and MFA with a focus in large scale clay sculpture. "I think it was in reaction to making sculptures on a really big scale - like many hundreds of pounds - that my artistic pendulum swung to working smaller." Miriam now enjoys focusing in on the tiny delicate details of jewelry making, with her work being more minimal but expressive. She makes earrings and necklaces using natural gemstones and draws a lot of her inspiration from nature.
Instagram: @miriamsteinberg_jewelry
Artist: Joan Caryl
Jewelry
About: Joan has a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art and a Master's Degree in Education. She has worked with children and adults with special needs throughout her entire career, sharing her love of teaching with others. Recently retired, Joan continues to enjoy educating others through art and creating. She began her business, Nature's Gifts by Joan, a few years ago as an outlet for her creations, finding the process relaxing and enjoyable. She works with an assortment of media including custom greeting cards, alcohol ink paintings, photography, and jewelry making. All inspired by her love for nature and the gifts it gives.
Facebook: Nature's Gifts by Joan
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Artist: Mary Kloch
Jewelry
About: Representing beauty, strength, soul, light and love through stones that heal. Mary creates handmade necklaces, bracelets and earrings with a portion of her sales going to different local charities.
Inspired by Aunt Diana (Nina) who lost her battle to cancer at 44 and Trisha who lost hers at 35.
Instagram: @ninasgrace
Artist: Champagne Brown
Polymer Clay Jewelry
About: Champagne, Owner of Pop Shop, is a ROC native, artist and vocalist for 'The Swooners' here in Rochester, NY. Her artwork and polymer clay jewelry are inspired by the world around her. In her own words, "Everything around you tells you a story to interpret in your own way, and share back with the world".
Instagram: @popshopjewelry
Facebook: popshopjewelry
Artist: Rachel Spangler
Mixed Metal, Stone Jewelry
About: Rachel's jewelry is all handmade by her in her home studio. No casting or plating, it's all done in her own space. Rachel is inspired by beautiful unique stones, clean lines and organic shapes. Her favorite thing to make is rings. Rachel thinks of jewelry as more than an accessory but more like a marker or reminder - something to commemorate an occasion or accomplishment that you can keep forever, a timeless piece.
Instagram: @rachelbaronejewelry
Facebook: Rachel Barone Jewelry
Artist: Rachel Weber
Small Batch Jewelry
About: Rachel Weber Designs is a small business specializing in hand-crafted, quality jewelry for all occasions. Rachel incorporates clean minimalist lines, geometric shapes, layering, and texture. Customers often comment on the delicate and dainty nature of each design.
Rachel takes pride in creating versatile designs that transition seamlessly from your “everyday look” to “special occasion outfit.” Her jewelry is crafted with great care and made with either sterling silver or 14k gold-filled material. These materials can be worn all of the time, and will not tarnish your skin.
Instagram: @rachelweber_designs
Facebook: Rachel Weber Designs
Artists: Antoinette Magaletta & Dan McClure
Jewelry, Original Art
About: Rainmaker Designs is a collaborative of two artists, Antoinette who is an enamelist and Dan who works with wood, metals and stones. They work for ARTISANworks making large sculptures, as well as independent sales of one-off designer jewelry and enamel wall art.
During quarantine Antoinette & Dan are currently building a 10x14 foot wall mural for ARTISANworks & obsessively working on their 5 acre forest where they live.
Instagram: @rainmakerdesigns
Facebook: Rainmaker Designs
Artist: Anna Weldon
Small Batch Jewelry
About: Started in 2015, Rancho Eyes is the jewelry project of Anna Weldon, an artist based in Rochester. Anna is inspired by the persistent symbols of humanity - the eye, the circle, the crescent, the star - those forms that speak from and to an ancient place within each of us. The practical engineering of functional, wearable objects is a pursuit of constant experimentation and improvement, and an inspiration in and of itself. To this end, Anna uses traditional metalworking techniques, including hand-sawing, soldering, and bezel setting, to create jewelry that combines minimalist simplicity with bohemian eccentricity.
Instagram: @ranchoeyes
Facebook: Rancho Eyes Jewelry
Artist: Tasha
Repurposed Guitar String Jewelry, Recycled & Found Art
About: RErooted is Tasha's expression of the interconnections of all things. Everyday items are used and morphed into creations with new purpose and meaning. Here you will find upcycle guitar string jewelry with mixed metals and semi-precious stones along with recycled and found object art.
Instagram: @rerrootedrochester
Artist: Sherri Cromwell
Jewelry, Illustrations, Original Art
About: Sherri's shares two passions, one for illustration and the other for jewelry making. Her medium is primarily pen, ink and watercolor, with attention to fine detail. She loves expressing the vibrant, living energy of line and color.
Sherri feels deeply connected with nature which she strives to express through her jewelry making process. Using mixed metals, semi-precious gemstones and metal etching, her love for the natural landscape around us shines through each of her pieces.
Instagram: @sunrootart
Facebook: Sunroot Studio, Sherri Cromwell
Artist: Kristen Harper
Resin Jewelry, Resin Art
About: Buckle up for the merriest of rides with The Merry Van! Kristen Harper is new in the resin world but is really beginning to hit her creative stride in the production of resin jewelry, coasters and more. She lets her imagination take the lead when creating her magical pieces but is more than happy to collaborate with you, one on one, to create a one-of-a-kind-piece that's just perfect for you.
Instagram: @themerryvan
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Artist: Tyler Seelbinder
3D Printed Jewelry
About: Tyler is a Western NY Native who moved to the Rochester area in 2021. After losing a charm on a pair of earrings one day, Tyler decided to 3D print his own replacement. What started as a quick fix for a lost earring, developed into a mixed media jewelry adventure and Tyler's Trinkets was launched in July of 2022.
Tyler creates a variety of novelty earrings, keychains, wine charms and more using 3D printed materials, resin, emnamel charms and other assorted materials. Tyler also accepts custom requests.
Instagram: @tylerstrinketsny