Deb Chenault, Jewelry Artisan
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Jewelry Artisan |
| Location | Berea, Kentucky, United States |
| Introduction | I took my first, tottering steps in the jewelry making arts while on vacation in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1997. I was a freelance writer who fed her creative impulses by constructing handmade books complete with my illustrated prose and poems. I thought the jewelry techniques would be terrific for embellishing the books. A few years later, while visiting a gallery in Berea, I had a lightbulb moment--I thought I could make better jewelry than some of what I was seeing there! So, why not use those techniques for what they were intended--actually making jewelry! Combined with my skills as an illustrator and a writer's intuitive eye, I began to do just that. The rest is a Cinderella story. Within a year of creating my first piece, I was juried into Kentucky's most respected arts & crafts organizations, and making a successful living! Yoo-hoo! Now I fully embrace the creative life--living with my coonhound, Maizie, and my two cats, Sofie and Spaz--in the inspiring foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, just south of Berea proper. |