shauna blythe burke

I am a NYC-based artist, educator and jewelry designer. The New York industrial landscape inspires my artwork. My environment is at once tough and gritty, yet exquisite and vulnerable. I find that this disparity comes together in my art where I combine delicate elements with rough cut stones and textural patterns.

I studied metal-smithing at a vocational school in New York City that trained jewelers to work in the diamond district of NYC. After this training I studied and taught metal-smithing and jewelry design in Florence, Italy. My work is hand-wrought in silver and gold and is created by hand in my Brooklyn studio. I love the small, subtle, perfect imperfections that are pervasive in the handmade.

While ever evolving in style and design, I find that my art always comes back to the industrial and psychologically rich landscape of New York City, my home.