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Jewelry Making Biography

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Tammy Powley has been the Guide for About.com's Jewelry Making site since 1998 and also works as a designer and teacher.

Experience
In addition to her work at About.com, Tammy is the author of a number of jewelry making books including The Complete Photo Guide to Jewelry Making, Picture Yourself Creating Metal Clay Jewelry, Jewelry and Beading Designs for Dummies, Making Mixed Media and Memory Jewelry, Making Designer Bead and Wire Jewelry, and Making Designer Seed Bead, Stone, and Crystal Jewelry.

Growing up in the 70s, Tammy enjoyed working with fibers and beads to create her own jewelry. In 1989, after making some Christmas presents out of stone beads, people started asking to buy her work. That's when she started her own jewelry company. For ten years, Tammy primarily sold her work through retail outlets and art shows. You can find out more about her at her blog, Crafty Princess Diaries. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Ravelry, and sign up for her newsletter.

Education
Tammy worked for 10 years as a technical writer, and jewelry was her hobby. During this time, she studied jewelry design for two years at the Winter Park Adult Vocational Center, learning a variety of techniques including fabrication, soldering, wire work, beading, casting, engraving, and enameling. Tammy still continues to take classes and has also added the following techniques to her list: fused glass, lampworking, lost wax casting, wire wrapping, metal clay, and cabbing. Along with working as a freelance writer, Tammy is an Assistant Professor of English and teaches composition, literature, and technical communications.

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There is no greater satisfaction than creating a quality piece of jewelry for yourself or others. In this hi-tech world, being able to create a beautiful piece of art with your own two hands that you can wear is a true joy. Whether you are new to this art form or an old pro, I will provide you with lots of projects and tips at my site to keep you inspired and informed about the world of jewelry making.

You could include how long you’ve been making jewelry. Also, what your favorite technique or supply is. If you want, include your family, married/not, kids, pets? things that make others more comfortable by knowing you a bit.

Your bio is a short version of your artist resume written in the third person. It should be factual. Include where you are from, where you live now (if different) any art education or how you got to where you are today if you don’t have formal education in art. It should be a pretty short paragrah or two. The creativity part is usually in the Artist Statement. There are MANY articles on the subject on the net. Good luck.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and tips that have worked for you. Most of the bios I’ve read online look like business résumés. The artist has art eduction that is impressive. Me? I’m just a creative person, and making jewelry has given me another dimension. I am driven to create! Hmm…I could use that. Art education began in kindergarten when the teacher gave me a lump of clay.

Sheila, I really like the idea “I’m a creative person, and making jewelry has given me another dimension……” I think that is a great start! People that purchase handcrafted jewelry oftentimes love the idea of being able to know the person and story behind their purchase so think of that – what would you tell them about yourself if you were sitting there selling it yourself.

n addition to the above mentioned points, I always include a brief summary of the materials I use in my jewelry ~ sterling, bronze, nickel, lead-free solder, gemstones, freshwater pearls. This also serves as an alert to soneone who might have an allergy.

What Karen said: “what would you tell them about yourself if you were sitting there selling it yourself?” is the best advice I’ve been given. It makes it easy if you think about just talking to someone about your designing. Once written, set it aside and come back and think like an English teacher and make it sound great. Watch spelling and grammar. Makes a difference, in my opinion, and adds to your professional appearance.

great suggestions given so far. also include any recognition, awards, publications where your work was featured. Much success at the shop!

When I wrote mine, I found it really helpful to browse other artists’ websites and look at theirs. Here is mine:

Drake Collins is a jewelry artist living and working in Metro Detroit, Michigan. He received his BA in sociology from Kent State University with a crafts minor specializing in Jewelry/Metals. He has been showing his work throughout Northeastern Ohio for the last 3 years, and southeastern Michigan for the last year. He has been teaching silversmithing and chainmaille for the last 8 years.

Drake’s current work centers on Chainmaille-based jewelry in precious metals and gemstones. He enjoys the mechanical regularity of chainmaille, but has recently been incorporating more organic forms into his work. He draws inspiration from ancient and pagan art, particularly the Jewelry of Classical Rome. He is fascinated by the beautiful pieces of jewelry created by people with no access to the technology we have today.