Like the fragmented pieces of early designs buried away in a shoebox, jeweler Corkie Bolton hid the pain of her youth behind the veneers of addiction. She sold off all of her jewelry-making tools to a support an addiction that concealed a hard-earned degree in metalsmithing from the Pratt Institute. But she kept her senior project, a mailbox with a personal inscription, I dreamed, laughed, worked, learned, yelled, cried, grew here. Today, the voice behind growing Instagram community Metalsmith Society, Corkie displays the mailbox above her studio bench as a reminder of how far she has come. Corkie joins host Courtney Gray to share her intimate path of addiction, sobriety, second chances, true love and the opportunity to open oneself up to dreaming once more.
S3-06: Tony Rodrigues, Sculpting Jewelry in Scale
S3-05: Viviana Langhoff, Tenacious, Creative & Community-Made
S3-04: Karissma Yve, A Visionary Leader and Creator
S3-03: Sam Alfano, Cut to the Point
S3-02: Jamie Schulze, What Native Arts Means to the World
S3-01: Jennifer Markas, A Woman in Charge
S2-09: Chris Gage, A Second Chance at Life
S2-08: Holly Gage, Shaping Dialogue by Casting Imperfections
S2-07: Susan Wheeler, Purpose-Driven Design
S2-06: Bernd Stephan, A Third-Generation Gemstone Craftsman
S2-05: Scott Hardy, Always Looking for That Next Hill to Climb
S2-03: Matthieu Cheminée, Imprinting Tradition & Technique
S2-02: Sarah Williamson, Making Art for a Living
S2-01: Alex Boyd, An Art Jeweler’s Jeweler, Too Knock-Kneed to be an Olympian
S1-08: Beth Millner, “Take It in Bite Sized Pieces”
S1-07: Charles Lewton-Brain and Nanz Aalund, “Real Glimpses of the Future”
S1-06: Tomas Wittelsbach, “Transcend the Transaction”
S1-05: Jo Haemer, “The World Doesn’t Owe Me a Thing”
S1-04: Mehrnoosh Ganji, Step into Your Power
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