Meet The Maker
begin his first year
of school, fulltime,
and I thought I’d
have some free
It all started with hearts. I had been dabbling in making jewelry for a couple of years. time on my hands.
I could learn to
I was a big fan of Swarovski crystals in my
make my own hearts! Wouldn’t that be awejewelry designs and I loved weaving them
into bracelets. I’m also a huge fan of hearts, some? That first amazing class was in 2005
if it has a heart or looks like a heart I will love and I was hooked. Before my classes ended I
it. I just love anything and everything hearts. had scraped together enough money to buy
My giant leap toward creating jewelry com- a torch, a few supplies and a small stash of
glass. My husband set up a spot in the baseponents began with the hearts. I was having a difficult time finding the right size and ment for my studio and I’ve been there ever
since.
style of heart I wanted to use in my jewelry
designs. I didn’t know about art beads at
What is the inspiration behind your style?
that time and my search was limited to local bead shops. I don’t know why I didn’t
take my search to the internet but I’m glad I My style? I’m not sure I have a specific style.
I like to learn new techniques. Sometimes
didn’t or I may have never began this creaI feel like I should focus on one medium
tive journey.
In my search for hearts I came across a local and develop a cohesive style within that
craft center that was offering lampworkmedium. I can’t help myself though. I am
so intrigued by new techniques, even new
ing classes. My youngest was just about to
Where and when did it all begin for Ema K
Designs?
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