Matching Cuff & Necklace
About Me & My Work
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:
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Coffey & Thompson Gallery, Charlotte, NC
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La Petite Gallerie, Bluffton, SC
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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.