Nell grew up near the Smoky Mountains where she can remember painting on river rocks with her sisters. She received her degree in Fine Arts from University of Tennessee with emphasis on painting and printmaking.
She received a gift of a metalwork class from a friend and immediately took to the medium. She utilizes all of her techniques in her jewelry - printmaking, painting and metal fabrication. She draws the design and then etches it into the metal. She adds color using a metal inlay and also paints images on a polyshrink acrylic. Filing and shaping the metal objects allows her to arrange them to form a story or mood.
The Gallery carries her earrings, necklaces and rings with various themes including hearts, peace symbols, teapots and birds.
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