Janet Ryan
Guild Member Salon Show
Janet Ryan ABOUT: I make jewelry because it
to make one-of-a-kind gifts for friends. In 2005, I began taking jewelry construction classes at the Milwaukee Area Technical School. In 2016, I retired and we moved to Michigan in August 2017. I now am able to make my Jart Jewelry business a larger part of my life by participating in artists’ markets and teaching silversmithing classes. THIS YEAR: I have learned how important my jewelry work is to my life. Expanding and evolving my work provides me with important social connections, keeps me challenged and learning new things and is a wonderful creative outlet for me! GALLERIES: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI; Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI; The Boutique By Mary Kent , Northport , MI; Jaffee Resale & Consignment , Lake Leelanau, MI CONTACT: Website, Facebook, Instagram. Studio in Cedar is occasionally open for private classes.
challenges me and makes me happy. My pieces incorporate items found on the beaches and in the woods of Leelanau County. This includes things like Lake Michigan beach stones, Leland Blue slag, Petoskey Stones, pinecones, and birch bark. I like to create pieces that make me think of places in Leelanau and are easy to wear. My work is always evolving and changing while it remains well made and wearable. My audience is women and men who have some connection to Michigan and want to wear a reminder of the area. I’ve always enjoyed creating art. In high school, I started selling handmade jewelry through the gift shops in Leland, Michigan, where my family spent summers. In college, I took a jewelry workshop on sterling silver jewelry construction techniques. I went on to have a career in Information Technology management , got married, and adopted a child. Always tapping into my creative side
“Handmade Sterling Silver bracelet with local Leland Blue beach stones (B290),” 2021. $825. Leland Blue is one of my favorite stones, and I have been collecting it since I could walk along the Leland beach with my grandfather. We always went after it rained. He looked for Petoskey stones and I, the Bluestone. I made my first Leland Blue bracelet in my Metal Techniques class at the Milwaukee Area Technical school in 2006. This is the second one I have made. I found the stones in this bracelet on the Leland beach and polished them with my new lapidary equipment. This is a unique, one-of-a-kind bracelet and will remind you of Leelanau and Lake Michigan!
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