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Debbi Ordan.....
Ariel Studios
Email:
arielstudios@hotmail.com
Debbi Ordan lives and works in Sugar
Grove, North Carolina. She is located in the west end of Watauga County about 17
miles from Boone in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the highest
mountains in the Appalachian Mountain Range. The beauty of nature and her
surroundings are her biggest inspiration for her work. Being raised in New York
City, she did not become aware of the beauty of nature and “the country” until
later in her life. She graduated from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY in 1978 and
traveled around the country looking for a beautiful, quiet, hospitable place to
live. Luckily she found Sugar Grove and decided to make it her home.
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 Debbi studied jewelry and metalsmithing during a 5
year apprenticeship which took her to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She returned to
North Carolina in 1985 and built her studio and began her own business, Ariel
Studios. She has studied at many workshops and retreats, honing her skills in
metalsmithing and fabrication.
Her
work is entirely handcrafted through all stages of its creation, using
traditional metalsmithing techniques and the finest available materials. The
metals she uses are sterling silver, jeweler’s bronze and copper. She creates
earrings, bracelets, pins and pendants, and barrettes. She is always working on
new innovative designs. She is a member of two cooperative galleries, one in
Boone and one in Blowing Rock, NC. She has several wholesale accounts and does
about 17 art shows a year. Debbi loves the work she does. “I enjoy my jewelry
and take the utmost care in making it. I hope you enjoy wearing it.”
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