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Artist Shu-shia Chow Carefully Engineers her Jewelry

November 14, 2018
Who would have thought that a career as a hardware engineer and chip designer in high tech would prepare Shu-shia Chow to become a jewelry artist during retirement? “I treat every jewelry project as an engineering project,” she says. “I first come up with the idea for a piece of jewelry, make a...... More... about Artist Shu-shia Chow Carefully Engineers her Jewelry

Artist Monica Waldman Enjoys Creating Art People can Use

November 9, 2018
When artist Monica Waldman prepares to create her ceramics on the potter’s wheel, she likes to likes to have all of her shaping and scraping tools laid out before her, as a surgeon would in an operating room. “That’s a good comparison,” she says. “Like a doctor’s tools, they tend to get all messy...... More... about Artist Monica Waldman Enjoys Creating Art People can Use