Indigo Jewelry Studio

Wendy Emery in her studio

Wendy Emery, the artisan behind Indigo Jewelry Studio, graduated from The Columbus College of Art & Design with a BFA Magna Cum Laude in 1991. She has been a graphic designer in central Ohio for the past 18 years. She began making glass beads early in 2008 after taking a lampworking class. Wendy was looking for a way to expand her creativity and use her design skills for something other than commercial design projects. Wendy likes the possibilities and the challenges that glass offers.

“Glass is fascinating. It’s free and rigid at the same time. The creation of each bead is a fluid process, the glass moves, the flame is moving, your hands move constantly turning the mandrel and glass. The finishing is much more strict. Annealing the beads is very structured and necessary as one of the final phases of the process. I apply my color and design expertise to each bead, treating them like small paintings. I usually begin with a planned design but sometimes the glass takes on a life of it’s own. No two beads are alike and no single one is perfect. Each is unique with its own personality that inspires my jewelry designs.”

Wendy’s home and studio are in Westerville, Ohio where she lives with her husband Eric and children Benjamin & Christian.