Sara has been selling her jewelry creations since the age of fourteen. It wasn't until after a career of nursing and raising four children, however, that she returned to her love of art. In 1980 she studied and taught painting and other forms of art. She opened a studio in Saint Augustine, Florida in 1990, where she taught crafts, jewelry making, and painting. Her love of jewelry finally led her to wire art. Studying first under Cherie Crist in 1998, she progressed to wire wrapping with Jessie Donnan, Betty Baxter, and Ruth Ann Moore and wire sculpture under Irene Francis and Dianne Mason at William Holland.

Steve is a retired Air Force officer and former systems analyst. He has been cabbing since 2005, having been taught by Yates Donnan and Ellis Bray. Steve learned cabbing so his wife Gloria could use his cabochons in her wire wrap jewelry. He finds cabbing both relaxing and fun. His cabochons can be seen online at http://bitterbrookcabochons.com. Steve is a member of the Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society and is a juried member of the Alabama Designer Craftsmen Artists’ guild.

Lance graduated from SUNY Potsdam in Geology and a MST in Secondary Earth Science. He currently teaches 8th grade science in Fayetteville, NC. He and his wife Laura began taking classes at William Holland five years ago and both continue to learn and grow in their crafts. Lance began faceting 5 years ago using Jeff Graham’s book and learned faceting from David Corn at William Holland.

Gary’s hobby of faceting began just a few years ago when a friend taught him to cut a round brilliant. This led to an ever-increasing desire to learn as many designs as possible. Using “An Introduction to Meet Point Faceting” he mastered the basic cuts and moved on to more challenging competition-type cuts. He studied the oval cut under the tutelage of Jerry Call, Master Gen Cutter. Gary attended William Holland School of Lapidary Arts taking Faceting II with David Lonser. He has introduced many people to the joy of gemstone cutting on a one-to-one basis.

Long intrigued by the ancient art of chasing and repoussé Tom read and experimented on his own for many years. With the recent resurgence of interest in this art form Tom has been privileged to study with Tom McCarthy, John Cogswell, So Young Park, Leonard Urso and Valentine Yatkov. Along the way, Tom’s enthusiasm sparked Kay’s interest and she now shares his passion and joins him in teaching and inspiring interest in students. For more than 14 years, Tom and Kay have had numerous lapidary and metalsmithing articles published in the Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. Since January 2002, they have co-edited a monthly column in which they field questions and offer advice on a variety of jewelry making topics. In addition they have taught Intarsia classes at William Holland for more than 10 years. They live and work in the Orlando area and are active members of the Central Florida Mineral & Gem Society and the NE Chapter of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths; they teach a variety of classes for both organizations.

A two-hour class in wire wrapping in 2004 created a full-time interest in lapidary and wire arts for Sandra. Fortunately, her husband, David, a long time rockhound, was pleased to encourage and support her new hobby by providing customized cabochons. Sandra is always eager to “share the joy” by giving demonstrations and instructions on wire. In additional to William Holland she has taught classes in a local craft store and to members of the Playground Gem and Mineral Society as well as private lessons in a variety of settings.

Bill began attending William Holland School in 1993 and started teaching classes in 1997. He is experienced in lapidary, wirecraft jewelry, and metalsmithing, but his first love has always been finding and grinding rocks. For Bill, intarsia is a way to show off multiple rocks and minerals by combining them into endless combinations of colors and patterns.

Sarah Lee is a member of the Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club and has been teaching since the early 1990s. She teaches at William Holland and at her home outside of Charlotte, NC. In her classes you will learn triplets, doublets, Australian, and matrix opals.

Ellis Bray is a retired engineering manager, an enthusiastic teacher, past president of a local rock club, and a creative and gifted cabochoner and jewelry designer. Ellis and his wife Jackie make rock-based jewelry, featuring wire wrapping by Jackie and silver-smithed settings by Ellis. Their motto is: “We make heirlooms.” Ellis started cutting cabs in the 1990s and has cut many thousands, mostly free forms. He now uses almost exclusively a no-dop technique. He feels his philosophy and method promotes creativity (not all great pieces start as slab stock or end as ovals) and enjoys teaching like-minded students his skills and insights via several well-thought-out projects.

Beginning in 1985 until the present time, he has worked in the arts-woodcarvings, mold making, and casting-jewelry from seashells, night-lights, and Christmas ornaments. He also taught woodcarving at BRMA Association. Jim has taken glass fusing from Addy DePietro at William Holland and has been fusing glass jewelry since 2001, and teaching glass fusing for the past few years.

Retiring after 30 years in corporate information systems, Dianne needed an outlet for her artistic energy and, in 1999, discovered she loved making silver jewelry because it requires the skills of a technician and the eye of an artist. She also creates intarsia and fused dichroic glass to incorporate into her designs. Usually a stone will “tell her what it wants to be” and then guides the design. Dianne now works in various metals using fabrication, enamel, precious metal clay, and wire techniques. She has been teaching Silver I and II, Cold Connections, Enameling, PMC, glass fusing at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, FL since 2001. She has been teaching Cabochons at William Holland since 2006 and Enameling since 2011. She is a member of Florida Society of Goldsmiths and co-founder of the Jewelry Arts Group at the Visual Arts Center. She studied enameling under Karen Cohen and Linda Darty.

Bobbie has been doing wirecraft since 1990 and has studied and taught wire wrapping since that time to the Jacksonville Gem & Mineral Society, Duval County Adult Education, bead shops and private classes. She received "Best in Show" in 1990 Jacksonville Fair, Gems and Minerals.

Pat has been a wire artist since 1995. She teaches for the Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society and in her studio. Pat sells her wire art at fine art festivals and at gem and mineral shows.

When my husband Chris and I moved to Florida from Texas, we had the good fortune of finding William Holland School in 1994, and started taking classes. I was introduced to glass fusing by Addy DePietro. I’ve been fusing glass ever since. I have now been teaching glass fusing for a number of years. I also teach the art of creating gem trees and gem pictures.

Roger has been making chainmaille for about six years. His first class at William Holland was with John Runkle and has had classes with Bill & Dee Conybear and Case Leeser. Roger started making chainmaille as a portable craft for those times he was away from cabbing or faceting equipment. From the beginning it has grown and now takes most of his craft time. He has taught classes for two local gen & mineral clubs and at Wild Acres for the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical Societies. He has won medals at both the local and North Caroline State Senior Games.

Bobbi started to wire wrap in 1993.This ancient art form quickly became her passion. She was mostly self-taught until taking classes at William Holland School. She has been teaching at William Holland for several years. She takes classes to improve her skills in wire art and jewelry making. New and exciting designs continue to flow from her creative side. Although she works full time, she finds time to escape into her jewelry for relaxation to recharge her batteries. It is always exciting to see Bobbie’s new designs and show her talent and love of wire art. Bobbie teaches in Tampa and Sun City, FL. Bobbie also does private groups for wire wrap classes.

Sandy Cline is a self-taught sculptor who has been developing his skills for over 40 years. Sandy credits his successes to the insight that he gained from studying the books on sculpture by Malvina Hoffman. He has taught carving in colleges, museums and schools across Canada and the United States. He refuses to believe that special talent is needed to carve. Rather, he prefers to trust that the urge to create is inherent in all of us and that the teacher should promote these values in the people who seek that knowledge. His classes create a very congenial, cohesive atmosphere that has resulted in some excellent carvings being completed by students who never believed they could carve. Sandy had been asked to create pieces for awards and presentations by various colleges and organizations such as Sir Sanford Fleming College, the Canadian Synchronized Swimming Team, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Canadian Nurses Association, Sports Canada and the Women's World Hockey Championships. Examples of his work can be found at http://www.soapstonesculpture.com.

Dee and Bill built their home on Lapidary Lane in Young Harris, GA in 1985 when construction of the William Holland School was starting. They were among the first volunteers who helped build the school. While helping at the Lapidary School in various ways through the years, they took enough classes to become appreciators of what others did well. Dee decided to specialize in chain mail while Bill concentrated on making lead castings of ant nests. About 10 years ago she agreed to teach if Bill would prepare rings for the students and assist in the classes making it possible to concentrate on learning the patterns. Dee retired from teaching high school mathematics in Florida.

David retired from IBM in 1996. He is a self-taught faceter and has been teaching faceting privately since 1991. David has been an instructor at William Holland since 2004. He is an active competition faceter and is a member of the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, the Midwest Faceters Guild, and the United States Faceters Guild.

Since 1988 Janet and her husband have been participating in gem, mineral and jewelry shows. During that period, she began making jewelry for the many shows they attended. After retiring from Southern Company in 1998, Janet began taking classes at the William Holland School. Janet works with silver, glass fusing, opal cutting, lampworking, stone mounting, wire wrapping and wire sculpture. She privately teaches wire wrapping in her shop and has put a book together to benefit the beginner in wire wrapping.

Pat is a multifaceted crafter whose interests cover a wide spectrum including cabbing, silversmithing and channel work, beading, lampwork beads, faceting, wirework, gourds and some of the “softer” textile arts such as knit and crochet. She has taught cabbing at SFMS workshops and continues to instruct at her local club. Pat started cabbing in 1996 and honed her skills at the Suncoast Gem and Mineral Society where she used to cut almost every stone she could get her hands on. Today she applies a more stringent set of criteria for selecting rough to produce stones truly worth the time and effort it takes to cut “en cabochon.”

Addy has been teaching at William Holland since 1991 while owning a full service lapidary rock shop that specialized in beading materials, stained glass, lapidary supplies, and machines. Addy and her husband, Joe, won the AFMS national "Each One Teach One" award in 1989 when they were workshop directors for their local Gem & Mineral Club. She is a retired special education teacher who has been beading since 1973 and fusing glass since 1992 when she began making accent pieces for her beading projects. She introduced the first Fused Glass Classes at William Holland in 1997. She has taught classes at her Rock Shop in Avon Park, FL, and her club’s workshop since 1988 and for SFMS at William Holland and Wildacres since 1992. Addy has her GIA certification in Pearl and Bead Design.

Joe has been casting since 1988 when he took his first casting class at William Holland from Bob Raber. He has since learned from Roger Moore, Earl Spiegle, Vi Hicks, Howard Spiegel, and Terry Higley. He also took classes at Stewarts Jewelers School in Jupiter, Florida. He has been teaching casting at William Holland for at least 10 years. Joe has been doing lapidary work since 1974. He has taught CABBING and OPAL CUTTING at his Rock Shop in Avon Park, FL, and at his local gem club workshop where he was workshop director in 1988. Joe and his wife won the AFMS "Each One Teach One" award in 1989. He has been teaching at William Holland since 1992, but has specialized in Opal Cutting and Casting since 1998 at William Holland and for SFMS. He has developed "Opal Cure", a simple method of healing cracks in opals and other soft stones, which he teaches in his Opal classes.

Mary Ann and Ken have been involved in the creation of art & craft items for more than 30 years. Mary Ann has been a potter and a studio jeweler. She now works primarily with silver clay. She has trained in Japan in the use of silver clay and is a Master Instructor for silver clay in the US. Ken concentrates on making chains & the use of silver clay for the creation of jewelry. Both Mary Ann and Ken have taught jewelry making around the US as well as in Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Japan. Wardell Publications published their first book, Introduction to Precious Metal Clay, in 2002. Their second book, Precious Metal Clay in Mixed Media, also from Wardell, was released in 2004. Their third book, Exceptional Works in Metal Clay and Glass, was released in April 2008.

Rich has been collecting, mining and cutting stones for over 25 years. He has attended classes at William Holland since 1998 and taught Gem ID with Terri Monagle and advanced glass fusing since 2005. In 2000, he and his wife Linda were introduced to dichroic glass while she was taking Addy DePietro’s fusing class. He soon caught the “dichroic” bug himself trying to recreate “dichroic opals”, and is now working directly with 3 manufacturers to create new and different effects in dichroic glass He is now a distributor for Navitar and C.B.S. (Coatings by Sandburg). Working in both 90 COE & 104 COE glass has presented him the materials to create unique fused glass pieces for jewelry that are now in shops and galleries in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. You may contact him at his studio/shop for more information. Nature’s Creations, Ltd: 630-377-0197, www.dichroic.biz, and email: info@dichroic.biz.

Nancy is a retired nursing professor. She is an enthusiastic teacher, creative jewelry designer and values creative workmanship. Nancy and her daughter have been involved in lapidary and metalsmithing for many years. She has attended design and manufacturing workshops in Nashville, TN, William Holland, Western Kentucky University, Atlanta, GA, and Louisville, KY. Nancy has taught creative silversmithing in Nashville, TN, Bowling Green and Cadiz, KY, and at William Holland. She is a member of the Middle Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society, and Kyana Geological Society. She has taught silversmithing for Wildacres for AFMS. As an active silversmith, she maintains a private workshop.

Marji began artistic life as an art major in college but decided that becoming a starving artist was not such a good idea and became a nurse instead. She never gave up her love of art and began taking stained glass classes in the 1970’s. While living in Atlanta she started taking jewelry lessons and was hooked. After moving to Florida, Marji opened a stained glass studio in Sarasota and taught classes. In her “spare time” she continued taking jewelry classes. In 2003 Marji and her husband relocated to Murphy, NC, just 10 miles from William Holland School of Lapidary Arts! Needless to say, she was ecstatic that she could continue to improve her skills. As she nears retirement, she is able to pass along her knowledge to others.

Betty loves glass, the way it glitters, flows, reflects and refracts light, looks fluid when it is solid. Her love of glass brought her to a beginning lampwork class at William Holland in 2003 the first of many workshops and classes with a diverse array of talented artists. Betty loves Asian art and clothing, the color, the elegance of line, simplicity of form, the emphasis on nature. Both loves inform her beads and the jewelry she fashions using her lampworked beads in combination with the ancient Japanese braiding technique of Kumihimo. Betty is a member of the ISGB, an exhibiting member of Piedmont Craftsmen Guild, and teaches for William Holland School and the Crafts Center at North Carolina State University. Contact Betty at www.bijoux-de-terre.com.

John, who retired from IBM in 2005, was introduced to chain making in 2003 at William Holland, and has since done extensive research on chain patterns. John also teaches chain making at The Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, WI, the Crafts Center at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC, The Sawtooth School for Visual Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, and the Interweave Bead Fests. Several of his projects were published in the Lark book, “Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques”, by Terry Taylor and Dylon Whyte, ISBN 1-57990-723-7 and several other projects have been published by Art Jewelry and Wirework magazines. John’s mentors have included Mary Ann Scherr, Blaine Lewis, Charles Lewton-Brain, Thomas Mann, and Betty Helen Longhi. He can be contacted through www.bijoux-de-terre.com.

Barbara has been working with silver and stone jewelry since 2004. She has taught a silversmithing class in Nashville since 2007. Her own designs tend to be very whimsical and imaginative in nature. She also works in cabochons, silver, channel, enamel and intarsia.

Vinnie began casting around 1994. He started attending William Holland School about the same time.

Scott graduated with an M.S. in Management from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, and has had a lifelong interest in geology. His undergraduate degree in Geoscience from Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA, plus the many years of owning his own environmental consulting business are evidence of his expertise in mineralogy. He is a registered Geologist in four states and an Internationally Certified Professional in Erosion and Sedimentation Control. Combining these experiences with his remarkable management skills and years of service in the Air Force and Navy Reserves, make him just the kind of instructor you would want to have to teach you the ins and outs of mineral identification. Scott’s many interests include numismatics, mineralogy, racquetball, golf, running, hiking and family oriented activities.

Lorraine is a self-taught basket weaver from Ocala, FL. She has helped her husband teach at William Holland since 1994. Lorraine has taught at community centers in Ocala and craft stores in Ft. Lauderdale.

Since the purchase of his first digital camera in 1990, Ron has specialized in macro and microphotography and image enhancement. Ron has presented seminars and classes in digital photography, scientific visualization, web creation, and beginning animation at the MacWorld Expo conferences from 1988-2003 in San Francisco, Boston, and New York. Ron’s own non-commercial website, http://www.theimage.com, has been in continuous operation since early 1996 and is centered on mineral and gemstone digital imaging and information. Ron began collecting rocks in Southern California in the 1960’s, started cutting cabochons while taking a university class on gems and gem forming minerals in 1971, and took up faceting in 1981.

Dan started making jewelry in 1991 and has continued to learn something new every year since. However, he feels his real education was in the making of more than 8,000 fabricated pieces. He has taught at William Holland School since 1995.

Bonita holds a B.A. and M.Ed. in education. Her love of children (and rocks) has led to her involvement with junior rockhounds in The Mobile Rock & Gen Society, Inc. and as the Youth Resources committee chair of the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies (2007-2011). For several years, she presented the children’s geology summer camp, “Let’s take a Closer Look at Rocks,” at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Ed (SFMS treasurer and a retired electrical engineer) and Bonita re-established the junior rockhound program in the Mobile Rock and Gem Society in 2003. The interest in lapidary arts and being a rockhound was sparked in the early 1990’s when their - now married - daughters, were taking classes from Dr. Albert S. Dix. Since then both Ed and Bonita have developed an interest in many areas of the lapidary arts with a desire to pass on their skills to the younger generation.

Vivian has been teaching seed beading, basic stringing and pearl knotting since 1984. She is a professional knotter and worked for jewelry stores in Jacksonville, Florida. She owned a bead shop in Jacksonville for almost ten years where she taught classes and helped customers in bead design. Vivian first came to William Holland School in 1986 to take classes and fell in love with the area. She relocated to Young Harris in April 2006 and teaches six classes a year for the school. She also teaches for the SFMS from time to time. She likes to start each student at her/his own level of expertise. Samples and class projects are planned to hit your “hot spot.” She plans the class to advance at the individual’s own speed. Above all else, she wants each student to have fun and to learn something new! She has opened a bead shop in her home in Young Harris, GA. Beaded Bunny Hill is a bead and rock shop.

Kym first learned to make jewelry in 1960 when she was serving in Germany as an Army officer and has been learning and making jewelry ever since. Chain making is a fairly recent venture and has really captured her attention. She sees each pattern as a challenge and puzzle that needs to be solved. As a member of the Tampa Bay Mineral and Science Club she has been studying chainmaking for 4 years. Kym is also a member of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths.

John has been doing Lapidary work since the early 1960’s. He started off with cabbing, then bench work silver, and then lost wax casting, and later started teaching casing about 20 years ago. He set up the first vacuum casting class at William Holland. He teaches both gold and silver casting for beginners. He is a member of the (Georgia Mineral Society) and one of the founding members of the (Meteorite Association if Georgia).

Allen started studying Lapidary arts in the 1970s while living in southern Africa. He studied silversmithing through adult education in Louisville, KY. He has taught and led work sessions in cabochon cutting, faceting, and silversmithing for the Kyana Gem & Mineral Club in Louisville and the Blue Grass Club in Lexington, KY and has taught Silver Smithing at William Holland since 2002. His work is sold at art and craft shows as well as at Lapidary shows. Allen teaches in his studio in Versailles, Kentucky.

Catherine attended Eastman School of Music and holds a Master degree in Vocal Music from the University of Michigan. She has sung professionally at Carnegie Hall, recorded with London Records and has sung with many opera companies, including Los Angeles Music Center Opera with Artistic Director Placido Domingo, San Diego and Long Beach Opera. Catherine’s singing career ended when she fell down a backstage flight of stairs in an off-Broadway production and suffered a closed head injury. Several months after the accident, her husband Phillip enrolled the couple in an evening jewelry design class at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) at Midtown Manhattan. That class was followed by a second and a third. A lover of fine jewelry, Catherine had found the ideal release for her artistic talents. Catherine has attended many jewelry workshops. She has studied with Georgia Mayer, Judith Foster, Richard Tsosie, Michael Kabotie, Lawrence Saufkie, Jean Stark, Cecelia Bauer, Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez, Chris Darway, John Cogswell, Sydney Scheer, Ann Allen, and Michael Dyber.

Phillip is a software engineer who holds a Masters degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has been an avid photographer since high school and has studied illustration and design at Art Center College of Design n Pasadena, GA and Pratt Institute in New York, NY. Phillip designs jewelry created the Blue Hat web site and photographed all of the jewelry viewed on the site. Phillip has studied jewelry and lapidary arts with Georgia Mayer, Judith Foster, Richard Tsosie, Michael Kabotie, Lawrence Saufkie, Cecelia Bauer, Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez, Chris Darway, John Cogswell, Sydney Scheer, Ann Allen, Michael Dyber, and Glenn Lehrer. Catherine and Phillip own Blue Hat Jewelry, which may be view on the Web at http://www.bluehat.biz. You, may also view videos on their blog, Blue Hat TV at http://www.bluehat.tv

Beverly is a native of Oklahoma and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She began working in stained glass in 1988 as a hobby. She quickly became enthralled with the artistry of the medium. She moved from copper foil into leaded work and her interest and skills eventually led her to larger projects such as entryways and transoms. She has studied with many of the leading artists in the field, including Bill Klopsch, Jan Persico, Joe Porcelli, and Christine Stewart. In 1994 Beverly and her husband, David, opened Sunrise Stained Glass Studio in Newberry, SC. Their studio is now located in Donalds, SC, where she and David both teach and create works on commission. David specializes in custom sand blasted glass carving, fused glass art and woodworking. In their studio, Beverly teaches a variety of classes in addition to stained glass including lampwork beads, glass fusing and grouted and poured mosaics. Web Site: www.sunrisestainedglass.net

Cheryl grew up in a rockhounding family and first took Faceting at Wildacres when she was 15. At William Holland, she has taken Silver Smithing, Gem ID, Soap Stone Carving, Lampwork Beads, Beading, Stained Glass, Casting, Chains, and Opals. Following in her father’s footsteps, Cheryl has a passion for this mysterious and exciting stone. She has been working with opal since about 2000. A true opalholic (and a Libra), she went to the outback (Australia) in 2007 to mine for opals in Cooper Pedy and Lightning Ridge where she studied opal carving from Daniela L’Abbate. She specializes in Black Opal and Fossilized Opal.

Dot has a true love of beads and their history. She is fascinated by the personality of each gemstone, and loves shopping for the unusual. She enjoys sharing this enthusiasm with her students and family. Dot has taught workshops for SFMS at Wildacres, Elderhostel groups, Cobb Gem and Mineral Society, and, her favorite place, William Holland School.

Renee began her jewelry career in 1971, managing a bead shop in Binghamton, NY. She began putting designs together for bead samples and started doing shows. Renee was mainly self-taught because of the lack of teachers in the early years. She has traveled up and down the East coast doing shows for several years. In 2007, she took 4 awards at fine art shows. Renee’s jewelry skills include lampwork beads, enameling, beading, wire wrapping, copper working, silversmithing, and glass fusing. She has been fusing dichroic glass since 2001, and has developed many great ideas, including engraving pieces and adding to them.

Coming from a design background, Judy Kelly decided to check out the Lapidary Arts field in 1995. She loved jewelry and was delighted with the idea of making one-of-a-kind pieces. To accomplish this, she tried several disciplines including glass fusing, wire, chain and lamp work. Then she discovered bead crochet which became her main love for incorporation with the other learned skills. She found bead crochet could be used to enhance other medias or bring together several medias.

Mary Lou owner of Gemcutters, Inc. has been in business since 1981, serving jewelers and customers across the United States. She enjoys introducing others to her passion for gemcutting and Gemology in her Faceting and Gemstone Identification classes at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA. She earned her Graduate Gemologist degree at the Gemological Institute of America in 1988. You may purchase Mary Lou’s novel, “On the Cutting Edge of the World of Gems”, which can be purchased at William Holland or on Amazon.com. This novel combines the exciting world of gems and jewels, with intrigue that extends to a foreign land in an unfamiliar culture.

Jack lives in Cornelius, NC. Since the age of 12, Jack has been a rockhound where he spent every available weekend climbing the hills around Spruce Pine and Franklin. His dad made his first tumbler out of a 55-gallon steel drum and his first gem-cutting machine was a B&I Gem maker from Sears. Jack has attended classes at Wildacres and William Holland and has been a private student of Sarah Lee Boyce for years. Although his primary passion is opal cutting, he loves cutting any material into cabochons. He prefers to cut free-form stones that his wife Kathy wire wraps. Jack started teaching for William Holland in 2008.

Diane Kuzara began coming down to William Holland as a beading student from Brownstown, Michigan. After several classes and finding a special interest in seed beading, she found a love of teaching the art. Diane has now been teaching at William Holland since 1999, been the beading teacher for the Midwest Mineralogical & Lapidary Society for the past 11 years, demonstrates and/or teaches at all the local gem and mineral shows in Michigan as well as surrounding Ohio and Indiana Shows. Taking her class is fun and relaxed and her students get really enthused in learning the art of seed beading!

Peter retired from Ford Motor Company in 1997; his title was an engineering technologist. He started coming to William Holland School in the late 1980’s. He has taken Cabochon classes from Gene Baxter, Nestor Garcia and Yates Donnan at the school. Peter has cut from Hearts to Squares and some styles and patterns he created himself.

Julia began working in stained glass in 1987, studying under several instructors, including nationally known glass artist, Vicki Payne. She works in traditional leaded glass and in the copper foil method of construction, and also in warm (kiln fired or fused) glass and recently in lampwork beads. Julia is a member of the Art Glass Association, the International Guild of Glass Artists, the Suncoast Glass Guild, the Suncoast Gem and Mineral Society, and the Pinellas Geological Society. Huntington Street Stained Glass, in St. Petersburg, FL, is a Vicki Payne Certified Stained Glass Teaching Center, where Julia provides custom stained glass and fused glass. She teaches stained and fused glass classes for the city of St. Petersburg and for the Suncoast Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.

Lorna, a retired RN with a doctorate in nursing, began beading commercially in 1976. She began teaching bead stringing and knotting in 1978 and continues to update her skills. Economics and esthetics drove her to learn how to dye her own threads, as commercially dyed threads frequently did not match the beads. She also began to fabricate her clasps and some findings for her creations in order to continue with the item being hand crafted. She began teaching at William Holland in 1997.

Mel began faceting in 1987 with a faceting course taught by Pierre Rutledge near Washington D.C. Mel has continued his education at William Holland with courses taught by Bob Raber, Earl Speigle and others. He has experience with most faceting machines and has noted each machine as well as each brand has unique “personality” traits. Mel has taught faceting at the club level since 1995, and has experienced designing and design modification with gem-cad. Mel believes when teaching, faceting should be enjoyable as well as instructive.

Velima has been a wire artist since 1999. She has attended the William Holland School since 2000. Velima sells her wire art at fine jewelry, gems and mineral shows, and she also does private parties. She enjoys teaching her knowledge of wire to others.

Case Leeser is a member of Midwest Metalsmiths, Southeast Gem and Mineralogical Society, Society of North American Metalsmiths and one of the founding members of the Palmyra Area Arts League. Case owns and operates jCASEworks Studio, as a licensed jeweler with degrees in design and diamond setting. She creates custom jewelry, primarily in silver and gold, from her studio in Taylor, MO. She shows and sells her work from her store and in various galleries. Among her pieces are many intricate works of chain maille. Case has completed art courses at Morningside College, Quincy University, Culver-Stockton College, Maryville University, Glasshopper Studio and is a graduate of Gem City College School of Horology and Jewelry Design, receiving her bench jeweler’s degree. A retired private school librarian and college archivist, Case lives on a Missouri cattle ranch with her husband John, several cats, horses and one very large dog. Her work may be seen at http://www.wix.com/jcaseworks/jewelry and http://www.wix.com/RedDoorGallery/home.

Cassie is a student at Augusta State University, earning her degree in middle grades education. Her love of children is leading her to work with middle grade children as a math teacher. Cassie has been making jewelry for over eight years and she loves to share her knowledge with others.

Has been teaching middle grades for 16 years and loves her job. Currently, she teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade gifted students. She believes children need to be exposed to as many opportunities as possible to express themselves, test their capabilities, and expand their knowledge base.

Lou will be assisting Rebecca McNairy with the Casting Class. Lou has been attending classes at William Holland, (one to four weeks) each year since 2003. He has taken Casting classes from Vincent Flores, Gino Deskins and Joe DePietro several times. He has also taken various classes from Dan Haga, Bill Cady, Allen Brown, Gene Baxter, Mack Thornton, Dee and Bill Conybear, Della Samuel, and Sarah Lee Boyce. Lou is a member of the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths. He has taken weekend workshops from Dan Haga, Howard Seigel and Sherri Jaudis in St. Louis. Lou retired, after 40 years from Sheet Metal Workers Local 36.

Diane began her wire career in 1999 and continues to upgrade her skills today by attending William Holland as a student and by taking private lessons. She began teaching at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in 2003 and continues today. She also teaches private lessons in her home, and beginning, intermediate, and advanced wire classes in Chesterfield, SC, where she and her husband maintain their own studio/gallery. Diane also teaches for SFMS, and is a visiting artist/instructor for Dancing Glass Studios in Bay City, MI. Diane is an active member of the Columbia South Carolina Gen and Mineral Club.

Diane is a registered nurse and a full time employee of Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Having a teaching background helps Diane teach a very structured class. Her favorite classes to teach are the beginning classes in basic wire, wire sculpture, and her “Golden Oldies” for ages 70 and above. She and her husband have traveled for 11 years and exhibited their crafts in juried festivals in both North and South Carolina. This allows her to include in her classes a varied look at pricing and sales. Students in her classes are often treated to a field trip to view other works from the simple to the very complex wire products.

In 2009 Diane began the “Golden Oldies” wire classes and has received much pleasure from this. In 2011 she has been instrumental in beginning Wire II for the older age group and feels strongly that there is a place for slower classes with older participants. In 2012 she will begin a Wire I + class that will bridge the Wire I student to the Wire II class by stepping up the intensity of the Wire I class by using more complex projects. This is a step that Wire I students have been inquiring about for several years. Diane may teach in other areas and for herself, but she will quickly tell you that her first love is her Wire I students and the family atmosphere offered by William Holland.

Jerry has been an avid rockhound since 1995. He retired from Lucent Technologies in 1989 and IBM as an electronic engineer in 1996. Jerry has attended classes at William Holland since 1999 and began teaching in 2003. He has also taught for the SFMS. He teaches private lessons in Cabochon cutting in Chesterfield, SC, where he and his wife maintain a studio/gallery. As an active silversmith he maintains a private shop at his home and has sold his work at major juried festivals in North and South Carolina for a number of years. He is an active member of the Columbia South Carolina Gen and Mineral Club. Jerry believes in a high quality class and not a high quantity class.

In the late 60’s Bob was introduced to the lapidary world through a small hobby shop in Utah. Since that experience, he has always had hobbies requiring hands-on activity. From stained glass to lampwork, the beauty of glass has always drawn him. Fused glass, lampworking and enameling have been the media where Bob could actively pursue his love of glass. Enameling is his primary focus. Fortunately, he lives only a short distance from the Thompson Enamel Company, and has been able to continue learning his craft from some of the best artists and technicians in the field. After retiring from a teaching, career, he enjoys sharing his love of enameling with others.

Mostly self-taught, Debora has been creating jewelry for over 10 years and teaching nationally for the past four. While wire is her first love, Debora’s work is far removed from the traditional square wrap that many people are familiar with. She incorporates stones, enamel and metal in a very contemporary fashion that makes her work unique. Debora’s classes are fun, stress free and packed with useful knowledge.

Barbara is an artist whose diverse talents reflect a strong influence of traditional design incorporating innovative materials. She has written 10 books on art instruction, developed canes, templates, stamps, and molds independently and for companies such as EberHard Faber and Polyform. Barbara appeared over 25 times on the popular Carol Duvall show and was formerly Brand Manager for Art Alternatives, Mabef, Letraset, and Stabillo products distributed nationally by MacPhersons. Currently she is producing WOMAN CREATIVE a publication focusing on design instruction. Barbara lives in Buford, Georgia and teaches throughout the country at shows, stores and in her home studio.

Rebecca currently works at Treasure Hutt, LLC; a jewelry store in Tallahassee Florida, as the main jewelry repairer and designer in gold and silver. She has traveled throughout the state of Florida teaching various silversmithing workshops. Rebecca was an instructor at FSU in Tallahassee FL for 7 years as a Jewelry instructor covering beginning to advanced techniques. She was a member of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths, North-West chapter, and the President of that chapter for a year. Rebecca carves in many different media for large and small sculptural castings. She is always finding new ways to teach and hunting out new things to learn.

Ron lives in Lima, Ohio where he has a studio and teaches classes. Ron started teaching wire classes in April 2009. Ron has taught classes at bead shops in Toledo, Findlay, Powell, Columbus and Lima, Ohio, also in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Ypsilanti, Michigan... Ron has taught adult classes at Apollo Career Center a county Joint Vocational School. Ron started teaching Wire ll at William Holland in July 2011. Ron has taken classes in wire wrapping from Ruth Ann Moore and John Darlin here at William Holland. He also had 20 three hour sessions in wire wrapping at Dayton’s River Bend Arts Center in Dayton, Ohio, and one day classes at bead shops. Ron retired July 1, 2007 from the City of Lima’s Data Systems Group where he worked as an Electronics Technician.

Ann began teaching as a wirecraft instructor in the mid-1970's. She has also taught Jewelry Design at Wildacres and Beginning Silver at William Holland. She also teamed with her husband to teach Lost-Wax Casting at the John C. Campbell Folk School. She and Don continue to teach as a team feeling that this approach gives the students an opportunity to learn more than one way to produce jewelry. She has studied with several well-known instructors including Jean Stark, John Cogswell, and Alan Revere. Her studio work consists primarily of commission pieces incorporating casting, fabrication, and PMC. Many of the pieces that she and Don produce feature Scottish or Celtic motifs and are done at the request of members of various Scottish Clans.

Don started teaching at William Holland in 1997. He uses silver, gold and blacksmithing techniques to produce commission pieces based on Scottish, Celtic and Etruscan motifs. He teaches most often as a team with his wife, Ann. Together they operate a jewelry business, “Different by Design". Don has taught at the SFMS workshops at Wildacres and William Holland and on occasions, at John C. Campbell Folk School. He has studied with several well-known instructors such as Jean Stark, John Cogswell, Tim McCreight and Dr. Jim Batson.

Kathy was raised and lived in Delaware until 1999, when her husband, John, was transferred to Greenville, NC. Her interest in jewelry making began when she took her first seed-beading class at Tryon Art Center In 2000. In 2002, she took her first wire-wrapping class at William Holland. She returned to William Holland for two more classes the following year. That same year she started teaching wire wrapping. Kathy also taught her first cold connection class in 2008. In 2009, John and Kathy finally moved to Hiawassee, Georgia, to be closer to William Holland. As of 2010 Kathy has retired from teaching wire wrapping and is now going to teach Chain and Cold Connections. Kathy was the 2009 Director for the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Society Workshop, held at William Holland. She was also Director for the Wildacres Workshop in 2007 and 2008. Currently, Kathy is the Education Chairman and Bulletin Chairman for the SFMS. Besides teaching at William Holland, she travels around and teaches her craft at YaYa Beads in Augusta, GA. She also teaches at the Senior Center in Hayesville, NC and at Artworks in Hiawassee, GA. She displays her jewelry at Artworks in Hiawassee, GA. She is also a member of Mountain Regional Arts and Crafts Guild. Kathy is constantly taking classes in order to learn new techniques, improve her skills, and add to her teaching abilities.

I have had a lifelong appreciation and involvement in the Arts. I started learning and developing my talents in 1972 at the Pensacola Junior College Art Department and have taken numerous art classes in everything from oil painting, pastels, silver art clay, wire sculpting jewelry and bead weaving techniques. All of my unique, one of a kind designs are original and draw from my lifelong art background. I am forever fascinated with the colors and finishes of the tiny beads that I use in my pieces, and intrigued with the structure and form that I am able to create with the timeless bead weaving techniques. I weave using off-loom beadweaving stitches; Peyote stitch, Brick stitch, Herringbone stitch, African net stitch, Russian leaf stitch, and numerous variations of these stitch and many other stitches. I am forever searching for a new application to a favorite stitch or to learn a new stitch.

Dione is an award winning jewelry and glass bead artist. She has won many awards in fine art shows in Florida including two Best in Show Awards. She has been teaching wirewrap for 18 years and glass bead making for 10 years. Her jewelry and beads reflect her love of nature. She has taken classes from well-known artists like Pam Dugger, Brad Pearson, Becky Mason, Rocio Bearer, and Corina. She combines her experience in silver, cold connections, wirewrap and glass bead making to create unique pieces of jewelry. Glass bead and jewelry making is her passion that she enjoys sharing with others. Her website is www.dioneoutlaw.com

Becky is the owner of Naturally, a wholesale and retail company specializing in semi-precious stone jewelry to compliment the wardrobe. With a background in apparel, her experience in jewelry design and production started in 1985. Becky started teaching at William Holland in 1997. Becky is also a regular instructor for Beads by Design, Marietta, GA, and teaches private and group classes in her studio. She has also taught for Beadfest, sponsored by Lapidary Journal and Step by Step Magazine and the Cobb County, GA Gem & Mineral Society. Becky had a design, with instructions, featured in August 2009 Bead and Button Magazine. Her website is www.beckypatellisjewelrydesigns.com.

Judy’s art career began in the 1980’s with painting. Love of color brought her to stained glass that soon became her second passion, kaleidoscopes being the focus. Next, fusing glass in a microwave kiln from scraps led to wire wrap as a medium to use the glass in jewelry designs. Since 1993 wire art has consumed a good portion of her time. In 2000 Judy began classes at William Holland taking numerous classes and in 2001 began lampwork classes. Since that time she has taken several workshops and courses from many instructors. Glass Beads has become her focus! Continuing education in the jewelry arts brings both classic design and modern innovative wire art designs to Judy’s work. Judy has been producing and selling at art galleries and craft festivals throughout the Southeast since 1987. She has her own store, The Frog and Dragon, in Brasstown, NC.

Vickie is a member of Georgia Goldsmith Group, Florida Society of Goldsmiths and the North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths. Vickie was President of the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society in 2000. She attended class at Georgia State in 1994/1995 and at that time realized an interest in passing along her knowledge. She completed a one-year apprenticeship with a German Goldsmith in the Atlanta area in1995. She has taught beginning Silver for the Eastern Federation and the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies. She had taught advanced Silver for the Florida Society of Goldsmiths and started teaching at William Holland in 1997. She also teaches privately. Vickie continues to attend workshops with many known artists including, Harold O’Connor, John Cogswell, Jean Stark, Marne Ryan, Jayne Redman, Cynthia Eid, Betty Helen Longhi, Michael Boyd, Julia Woodman, Helen Blythe Hart, and Marilynn Nicholson, just to name a few. Vickie enjoys learning new techniques and then passing on what she learned to her students. Vickie designs and creates jewelry using silver and gold in combination with stones that she cuts herself.

Cindy Reed began working with stained glass in 1985 and was contented until she discovered “hot” glass. She began bead stringing about 20 years ago using natural stone beads. In 1999, her husband showed her an e-bay auction for handmade lampwork beads and she was hooked. After buying lampwork beads from very talented glass artists for several years, she decided to try it herself. Cindy took her first class with Jackie Knabel in 2001; since then, she has studied glass with several artists, including Lezlie Belanger, Marilyn Peraza, Betty Fetvedt, Tink Martin and Deb Crowley.

Carlos has been working with jadeite since childhood. He has developed his own business in Guatemala where today he competes as one of the major jade produces of the country. Bill Smith has known and worked with Carlos’ business for several years.

Jim started making jewelry in 1977, which led him to many jobs in the jewelry industry. From being a polisher in a silver jewelry manufacturing facility, to years as a bench jeweler, Jim has kept learning new skills and perfecting old ones. His interest led to studying throughout the 1980s with a series of modern masters and innovators in the jewelry and blacksmithing fields. In 1995 Jim earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Georgia, in the area of jewelry and metalsmithing. Despite having a university art degree, he has been supporting himself for years working within his chosen craft. Jim’s love of teaching reflects clearly in the work of his students. His innovative teaching style, wealth of knowledge and enthusiastic approach make his classes fun and richly informative. Currently Jim lives and works near Athens, Georgia, where he makes jewelry for private clients and does occasional shows. He teaches exclusively at William Holland. His interests are ancient metalsmithing techniques, innovative modern tools, and traditional blacksmithing.

Bill is a native of Atlanta, GA, and moved to Spring City, TN, in 2004. He has been involved in lapidary since 1972, cabbing for 37 years, faceting for 35 years and silversmithing for 34 years. Bill worked for Cohen Co. Jewelry in Doraville, GA, off and on for 12 years, recutting stones, teaching silversmithing and doing silver repairs. He taught large classes in Tanzania twice in 2003, once for cabbing and once for stone faceting.

Don holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts Education, with a major in metals. Don taught metal and jewelry classes in the Florida school system. He studied in many workshops and was a board member of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths and also its vice president. He studied four years at The Pinellas Technical Center and received a diploma in Jewelry Design. Don recently studied advanced stone setting at The New Approach Jewelry School. He has been teaching silver and gold classes at William Holland since 1992. Don has taught various workshops throughout the country, presently teaching classes weekly in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL.

Paul’s work in cabochons has been inspired by Dick Helsley, Della Samuels, Ron Gibbs, and Gene Baxter. He has enjoyed advanced work in lapidary with Ron Gibbs, Ellis Bray, Tom and Kay Benham, Sarah Lee Boyce, Joe DePietro, Bill Boggs, and Don and Ann Monroe. Eager to share his joy of working with stone, Paul has taught at William Holland for the last several years. Check out some of his cabs at moonrushjewels.com.

Rowan has been a member of the Gem & Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula since the mid 1970’s and is now a charter member. She has also been a member of the Kingsport Gem and Mineral Society, Kingsport, TN since 2007. She teaches one-on-one classes in the area. One of Rowan's designs was published on the cover and was a featured artist in the September 2002 issue of Wire Artist Magazine. She was also featured in the December 2003/February 2004 issue. She does cabbing, creating many of her own stones to wrap. She has been teaching wirecraft at William Holland since 1998.

Sue began making wirecraft jewelry in 1989, while taking classes at William Holland School. In 1994, after further study, she began using her professional teaching skills by conducting classes at William Holland. She has conducted classes every year since that time. She designs wirecraft jewelry that she sells at her shop in Lake City, Florida. She has also participated in many craft shows.

Ann’s love of glass began with stained glass, then expanded; first to fused glass, and then to glass bead making. She is now addicted to the fluid nature of flameworking beads and small sculptures. Her work is displayed in Florida and North Carolina galleries, and at art shows. She has attended classes with several instructors including Kim Fields and Corrina Tetinger. Ann teaches bead making at the St. Lucie Rock and Gem Club and at her home studios in North Carolina and Florida as well as at William Holland. Her classes include demonstrations as well as detailed step-by-step instruction.

Della is from Kissimmee, FL in the winter and Dillard, NC in the summer. She has been doing cabochons & faceting since retiring in 1972. She demonstrates both at the Franklin Gem & Mineral show in July & October. Della has been teaching at William Holland School since 1993 and also teaches privately.

Richard has a degree in electrical engineering and has taught high school math for twenty eight years. With the summers off, most of his time was spent rockhounding. He is currently president of the Thames Valley Rockhounds and conducts cabbing workshops in Connecticut as well as presenting many lectures to his and other rock clubs. Richard has been attending William Holland since 2002 and has taken over 30+ classes.

Gene started making jewelry as a hobby in 2003. A victim of Hurricane Katrina, the few items he was able to save were his wire making tools and supplies. He moved to Vicksburg, MS, in 2006, where he took a position as a wire artist and jewelry designer for a major company. Gene has made four instructional DVD’s: “Interchangeable Cabochon Pendants Vol. I and II, Interchangeable Bead Pendant Vol. I, and Adjustable wire wrapped Bracelet Vol. 1.” Now that Gene is retired, he teaches privately at his home studio and at his studio in Huntsville, AL as well as William Holland School of Lapidary Arts.

Howard has been taking classes at William Holland since 1994 and has been actively working in the lapidary arts, silversmithing and chainmaking. He is a past president and an active member of the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, chairs their Workshop Committee, has taught a number of chainmaking workshops for them, the Craft Alliance and the Jacoby Arts Center. He has been teaching chainmaking classes at Lady Bug Beads, St. Louis, and at the Bead & Button Show, Milwaukee, since 2010. He has an MS in Metallurgy and taught at Washington University while working for McDonnell Douglas. He has had chainmaking articles published in Art Jewelry, Jewelry Artist and Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazines and a book titled "Wire Style". Howard is a "BEST OF MISSOURI HANDS" juried artist.

Brenda Smith is an artist, metal smith and award-winning designer currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited in many galleries and jewelry stores, including Aaron Faber Gallery on 5th Avenue, NYC and has recently been recognized for her “Celebration Earrings,” the award-winning design entry in the International Pearl Design Competition sponsored by The Cultured Pearl Association of America. Nine countries competed in this contest. The CPAA has commissioned Brenda to create a piece for their permanent collection.

Her work has also been featured in jewelry publications such as “Color-n-Ice,” Lapidary Journal’s, “Jewelry Artist” magazine, Canada’s jewelry magazine, “Jewellery Business” and the United Kingdom’s publication “Gems & Jewellery.” Celebrity stylist, Michael O’Connor, featured Brenda’s Celebration Earrings at this year’s Academy Awards and on Los Angeles television.

A former creative director with more than 25 years of advertising, design and teaching experience under her belt, she easily transitioned from graphic arts to innovative jewelry design. “Jewelry design is simply another form of art and design utilizing metals and gemstones as the medium.” “I also enjoy teaching jewelry design since it is a win-win situation,” she says. “It keeps me thinking creatively in a communicative way, be it verbally or visually.”

She earned her BFA in design from Kent State University and her EMBA from Kennesaw State University. She is currently a member of AGTA, CPAA, SNAG Women Jewelers of America, Georgia Goldsmith Group, the Gem and Mineral Society, and is on the Advisory Board for the School of Visual Arts, Kennesaw State University.

Kim attended school at the University of South Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education. Kim taught in the public school system for 10 years while continuing to pursue her love of art. She combined this love of art with her teaching background and became an award winning instructor, author and jewelry designer. She has been teaching jewelry classes for 14 years. Kim has been published in numerous magazines and books. She has appeared on several beading/craft television programs and has her first book out entitled Mixed Metal Mania, and a second one due out Spring 2012 entitled Metal Magic-Learn to Enamel, Etch, Pierce and Set Jewelry.

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 classes at bead shows, jewelry schools, guilds, clubs, studios and stores. In 2012 Kim and Norm can be found at the AdornMe! Show in Houston, Beadfest shows in Philadelphia, Santa Fe, and Arlington, the Wire Masters Retreats, The Bead & Button Show, The William Holland School of Lapidary Arts, and John C. Campbell Folk School. Kim can also be seen in Beaducation On-Line Classes and on the PBS show Beads, Baubles and Jewels. For more info or an updated schedule please visit her website: www.kimstjean.com.

Carolyn is a self-taught polymer clay artist; she has been addicted to the medium for close to 9 years. She works with clay at least 5 days a week for more hours than she cares to admit! Carolyn makes far more millefiori canes than she can use, so she started a website: www.carolynsclaycreations.com to sell her excess canes, share tutorials and other information. In addition to teaching at William Holland, she teaches at meetings of the Greater Atlanta Polymer Clay Guild, at home and online. cvstearns@gmail.com

Jan has a diverse arts background that includes classical piano, interior design, watercolor, textile creations, and ultimately jewelry design. For the past 10 years she has used free-form creativity and an artistic flair to create her one-of-a-kind, improvisational pieces. She displays her designs on her website wrapsodyjewelry.com and in her store Wrapsody Jewelry Studio. She has been featured in several magazines including Southern Distinction, Step-By-Step Wire Jewelry and Bead and Button Magazine. She lives in Watkinsville, Georgia and teaches wire jewelry classes at her own store, Wrapsody Jewelry Studio located in the Athens Interiors Market, Athens, GA, the Woman Creative Art and Design Center in Buford, GA, the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Athens Technical College-Department of Continuing Education, Quinlan Art Center in Gainesville, GA, and Wildacres Retreat in Little Switzerland, N.C. Jan attained degrees in Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Educational Administration from the University of Central Florida, Brenau University and the University of Georgia. She recently retired with a thirty-one year career as a professional educator and refined trainer, and now melds her teaching expertise, intuition and distinctive design talents to provide an optimum training environment to grow beginning or intermediate students into advanced creators of wire jewelry art. Her classes are an entertaining and educational experience where students take wire wrapping and design skills as well as beautiful trinkets with them at the end of each course.

Currently residing in Bossier City, Louisiana, Dawn has been taking classes at William Holland since 2005. She fell in love with chains after purchasing a kit from a former teacher at William Holland. In her chain class, you will learn the basics, which will provide a foundation for intricate chains and weaves.

Joan Stoneham has compiled over 25 years of teaching experience in basket weaving and various other arts and crafts, including gourd creations, decorative painting, netted gem necklaces, and custom clothing designs (painted). Basket specialties include the weaving styles of Appalachian, naturals, wood bases, antler baskets, Cherokee, flat bottom, rib baskets, twills, and pine needles, to name a few. Joan has traveled extensively through the South and Midwest teaching classes. She teaches classes at William Holland, John C. Campbell School and in her private studio. Joan’s teaching capabilities allow her to make the brand new student feel as comfortable as the intermediate or advanced in creating new or custom baskets.

A life long interest in learning about and making fine crafts brought Christiana to William Holland, first as a student and, for the past several years, as an instructor. Now happily retired, Christiana and her husband, Joe, dedicate most of their time to the production of one-of-a-kind silver jewelry and pottery.

Carl is into his 2nd year teaching opals having served an apprenticeship under Sarah Lee Boyce. He has lectured on opals at several gem and mineral clubs within the southeast and works out of his home studio cutting and carving opals, jadeite, and other sundry stones. Carl and wife Denise live near Murphy, North Carolina; grow wine grapes, blueberries, and assorted fruit trees; and raise honey bees. He retired from military service (20 year USAF) in 1988, worked 10 years for M&M/Mars out of their Chicago candy factory in the field of machinery reliability, and then began a consulting practice in machinery health monitoring working for the likes of Barrick Goldstrike and Enron Inc.

After spying some beautiful beads in Carmel, CA, which she wanted to make into a bracelet, Gail’s love affair with creating beautiful jewelry began. Gail has taken silver classes from Doc Tompson and Don and Ann Monroe. She has also taken Silver PMC classes with Mary Ann and Ken Devos. She is a certified Level 1-2-3 PMC and has taken silver classes with Doris King in Tucson and teaches silver, beading and pmc classes in Tucson. She has continued to develop her artistic skills by taking private classes as well as other classes at the William Holland School. Gail will be teaching alongside Marji Ferrell in Silver.

Dawn has been a wire artist since 1988 and an instructor since 1993. Dawn teaches at her home in Florida, and has taught at William Holland since 1994. Dawn was a featured artist in the June 2004, Wire Artist Magazine. “It never ceases to amaze me what imaginations people have”.

Mack has taken many classes over the 20 years of designing silver jewelry. He has been an instructor since 1994. Mack has worked with silver soldering for over 40 years.

Retired from medical practice of general surgery in 1993, Doc began silver and lapidary in the early 1970’s with private lessons. He took classes at seminars and then later at William Holland. He has been teaching since 2004.

Toni’s love of hot glass began after a glass blowing lesson at the New Orleans School of Glass. After returning home to California she realized glass blowing was very cost restrictive and she would need to find an alternative method of working with glass. Lampworking was the answer…she took a weekend class, attended the ISGB Gathering, a weeklong class with Ann Royer at William Holland and she was hooked. Toni has traveled extensively to study with Larry Scott, Loren Stump, Corina Tettinger, Trey Cornette, Melanie Mortel, Kristina Logan, Stephanie Sersich, Michele Goldstein, Leah Fairbanks, Dora Shubert, Nancy Tobey, Josh Mazet as well as weekly class with Heather Trimlett. She opened Toni Tracy Studio in historic downtown Riverside, California where she teaches and creates one of a kind finished jewelry with components she has made. Toni feels very fortunate to have well over two thousand hours of torch time, practicing and perfecting her skills.

Janet is a retired math teacher, having taught for 35 years at the middle, high school and college levels. She came to William Holland with her family (husband, mother and daughter) in 2001 to learn how to make the gorgeous jewelry she bought at gem shows. She took wire wrapping for 4 or 5 years, PMC, but fell in love with chain maille in 2006. She’s taken classes from John Runkle, Dee and Bill Conybear, John Fetvedt, and Howard Siegel. Encouraged by friends who bought her jewelry, she now sells at gem shows in Rochester and Buffalo, NY and gives private lessons at her home.

Diane has been a member of the Tennessee Valley Rock & Mineral Club since it was founded. She grew up with the hobby. Through an interest in medieval history, she learned to carve soapstone into molds to cast pewter. She incorporates this technique into her class, along with bas-relief and 3-D carvings. She has been teaching at William Holland since 1999.

Randy learned faceting at William Holland in 1988, and has been teaching at William Holland since 2000. He is an active member of the Faceters Digest and the Gemking Discussion Group (both are internet faceting lists), and of the Tennessee Valley Rock & Mineral Club.

Larry has been doing multi-media jewelry design & fabrication since 1991. He started teaching in 1998.

Rich has been doing scrimshaw since 1983. His work has been featured in the National Engraver's Journal and he has taught, lectured and demonstrated his craft on television, in schools and museums and to various lapidary clubs and associations in Michigan, California, Ohio and Indiana. He enjoys keeping this historical craft alive and teaching it to others. Rich has been teaching Scrimshaw at the William Holland School since 2004.