As a native of SLO County, Sharon's love of the beautiful rocks and shells in the area just came naturally. Her grandpa would take her to Gem Fairs, where she would spend hours playing with grab bag treasures, and designing unique jewelry pieces for family and friends. Over the past 32 years, she learned to design in wire, recycle anything from a junk drawer, and has collected vintage watch fobs and medals for original jewelry that sparks our imagination. Sharon can turn anything into a piece of jewelry.
Jayne's business name, Jayne Cairns Designs, was named after Jayne’s great grandmother and was created for the young at heart. Jayne loves to blend her pearls with gemstones such as amethyst, amber, coral, and turquoise. Many of her designs include cultured coin pearls, luscious baroque pearls, exotic biwa pearls, and rare mabé pearls that are artfully combined with Swarovski crystals, gemstones, and one-of-a-kind pottery shards. Jayne’s designs are versatile, perfect for both casual wear and evening occasions.
Kristin Inman offers exquisite, handcrafted jewelry. Each piece reflects a timeless work of art, which began as a sheet of sterling silver, wire, clay, or scrap. She expertly transforms her settings through soldering, forging, casting, or firing until each stunning design emerges. Stones are carefully chosen and individually sourced. The result is an array of exquisite necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings, that are comfortable and sturdy enough to wear daily and treasure for generations to come!
Matt Duran began his artistic journey painting abstract versions of Native American scenery. After attending his first gem show, Matt discovered a new found love of crystal, semi-precious and precious gem stones. Whether at the beach, forest or in the desert, he would come home with pockets full of rocks! Matt took classes and learned the art of jewelry fabrication with silver. Matt learned the spiritual and healing properties of stones, his favorite being Turquoise, as it represents wisdom, tranquility, protection, good fortune, and hope.
Linda has been a jewelry artist for 50 years using silver, gold and semi-precious stones. Her pieces are typically one-of-a-kind with the exception of production earrings in silver and gold-filled. The stones provide inspiration and dictate the design of each piece. Lately, Linda has been dabbling in enamels on fine silver using cloisonne and champleve techniques. She loves the transparent color of the glass on silver that has been textured and shows the reflection underneath.
Alan Bailey creates beautiful cabochons encased in sterling silver that have a southwest flair. These pendants are made with natural stones that are cut, polished, and placed into a variety of settings. Alan travels to Arizona annually, where he attends The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show designed for rock collectors, in search of the perfect stones to cut, polish and add into his creative designs. Sterling silver chains in 16 to 18 inch lengths are available with his cabochons.
Bryn Bridentahal creates stunning bracelets featuring bold, chunky colored and dichroic glass beads. Her pieces are known for their vibrant, shifting colors, and shimmering effects, that add a unique eye catching element. The elastic joinery make them easy to put on and comfortable to wear. Bryn carefully designs each bracelet, balancing color, texture and form, to create wearable art that stands out.
Donnell Pasion is an award winning artist who creates a diverse body of mosaic artwork and jewelry. Much of her work, done in collaboration with her husband Fred, consists of one-of-a-kind mixed media pieces for private homes and gardens, as well as site-specific architectural and public art installations throughout California. Donnell became personally interested in creating mosaic jewelry, and has created a beautiful line of unique handmade pieces. She incorporates vintage jewelry, beads, natural stones, collectable china, mixed metals and more.
Patricia Harkness relocated to San Luis Obispo in the 80’s after graduating from college. Pat opened an interior design business and earned a master’s degree in Architecture from Cal Poly. She also taught interior design at Cal Poly and Cuesta College. After retiring, she learned how to create jewelry. Pat uses mixed metals and incorporates Tahitian black pearls from her brother’s pearl farm located near Moorea, French Polynesia.
Mary Velasquez is an award-winning artist who designs Navajo style jewelry. Mary fell in love with the Native American designs and beadwork while residing in Flagstaff, Arizona. Ghost beads are sometimes purposefully woven into the design, out of place. Each bead is thought to possess a soul and ghost beads provide protection against evil for the wearer. Mary's exquisite necklaces are intricately woven around magnificent cabochons, creating a true statement-piece for the wearer.