Wire Artist of the Month

Wire Artist of the Month October 2016: Kim St. Jean

october Artist of the Month - Kim St. Jean

Following ten years as a public school teacher, Kim combined her love of teaching with her creative talents and began teaching jewelry classes.

Mostly self taught, Kim now has been teaching jewelry classes for 17 years. She is an award winning instructor, author and jewelry designer.

Kim has been published in numerous magazines and books which inlcude: Mixed Metal Mania and Metal Magic currently in print, and her 3rd - Colorful Wire Jewelry to be published in June of 2016.

She has also appeared on several beading/craft television programs

Artist Name: Kim St. Jean Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Tell Us About Your Work

Kim's home base is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she and her husband, Norm, own Studio St. Jean. She and Norm spend much of the year traveling across the country teaching Silver, Cold Connections, Enameling, Forming and other disciplines at art shows, bead shows, jewelry schools, guilds, clubs, studios and stores.

A few examples of Kim's Work

Stone Setting with Wire

tOcean's Breathe

Kim was elected one of the Top Ten Instructors in the country by the attendees of the prestigious Bead & Button show.

Stone Setting with Cold Connections

Black Sea

Stone Setting with Tubes

Black Sea

She currently has videos available for on-line viewing at beaducation.com and interweave.com.

Stone Setting with Prongs

Black Sea

In addition, she has filmed over 20 stone setting DVD's for WireJewelry.com with her most recent DVD series being called Stone Setting with Wire, Cold Connections, Tubes, Prongs and Bezels.

Stone Setting with Bezels

Caligraphy

Kim is currently a contributor for WireJewelry.com. You can see all of Kim's latest blog posts by CLICKING HERE. Visit her online HERE. and follow her on Facebook HERE.

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Each month, we pick a talented wire jewelry artist and their work to highlight. We know we have some incredibly talented customers, and we seek to encourage and highlight those members of our community by highlighting one wire artist every month.

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