Since 2004, I’ve been working with sterling, fine, and argentium silver, gold and steel creating unique, individual wearable art jewelry. All pieces are hand-fabricated, form-folded, forged and texturized, unique and handcrafted.
I love to share my work! Currently, you can view and purchase my work here:
Coffey & Thompson Gallery, Charlotte, NC
La Petite Gallerie, Bluffton, SC
Hilton Head Art League, Hilton Head, SC
Hilton Head Biennale Nationa Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC — 2015-16
SC State Museum Traveling Exhibition, Columbia, SC — 2015-16
Spring Into Art Juried Competition, Charlotte Art League, NC — 2015
36 Juried Art Competition, Center for the Arts York County, Rock Hill, SC — 2015
Palmetto Hands, Charleston, SC — 2015
Edward Dare, Charleston, SC — 2014-15
Sandpiper Gallery, Sullivan’s Island, SC — 2014-15
Piccolo Spoleto, Charleston, SC
Gilmore Show, NC & SC
Made in South, NC & SC
Art in the Park, Asheville, NC
Honey Horn, Hilton Head, SC
Duluth Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Art on Main, Hendersonville, NC
Greater Charlotte Birchdale, Charlotte, NC
Black Mountain Arts & Crafts, Black Mountain, NC
Kinks Drive Walk, Charlotte, NC
Art in the Park, Charlotte, NC
Aiken Makin, Aiken, SC
Grants
South Carolina Arts Commision
Coastal Community Foundation
Awards
South Carolina Palmetto Hands Traveling Exhibition — 2015
Third Place: Art in the Park, Charlotte, NC — 2013
First Pace: Art in the Park, Charlotte, NC — 2011
Working Scholarship, Penland Institute, Penland NC — 2009
Welding Certification from the Technical College of the LowCountry, Sudied with Michael Goode, Betty Helen Longhi, Ben Dyer and Chris Nelson — 2011
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Joseph Campbell, Sawtooth School for the Visual Arts — 2005
MFA – University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC — 1988
American Craft Board
Florida Goldsmith Society
North Carolina Goldsmith Society
Georgia Goldsmith Society
× Joann is taking a few months off the beginning of 2017 to redesign and relaunch while learning free and investment casting.