Jan Raven

Jan obtained a Master’s Degree in Wildlife Conservation and then worked for 13 years as a home remodeling contractor before discovering her true love of wirework in 2006. Since 2007 she has devoted herself full-time to creating patterns and texture using silver and gold wire. Silver design elements may be fused or forged, and all shaping is done by hand or with the aid of small hand tools. Elements of some designs are woven together by hand with small-gauge wire. Necklace chains are woven entirely by hand with long lengths of wire; the weaving technique itself dates to the Viking era. Many of the techniques used are historically based or are derived from textile work.