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About The Artist: Katt Wamsley
The creative mind is an interesting thing to live with.
From a young age everything was a little different in my mind. Sticks and mud could be formed into a microphone to sing a concert to my dogs. Cardboard was a magic carpet on a grassy hill and stones were fascinating. Age tampered the imagination a little bit, however that fascination with stones never fully disappeared. In high school I wore a pair of handmade beaded earrings to school and a teacher bought them off my ears before the lunch bell. I was already dreaming of heading to art school but this was the first time I thought I could actually make money doing something creative.
In direct contrast to my tom boy ways, I loved creating beautiful wearable art. I was, and continue to be, self-taught and pride myself on doing it my own way. I knew someday I would be creating beauty for a living. The fascination with creating beautiful jewelry has never wavered in 20+ years and is now combined with a vast variety of life and business experiences.
When I started to refocus back to my creativity in 2013 I had a desire for creating things with a little more instant gratification. I wanted to create beautiful works and I didn’t want to spend a week threading beads. This brought me to wire work. With a few pieces of metal and a stone someone felt wasn’t pretty enough for sale, I could create a piece of wearable art that brought out the natural beauty of a stone…in under an hour. I was in love.
I believe stones are meant for people and sometimes we are merely the carrier for them to get to where they are needed. I feel honored to carry along the stones that cross my path. To meet them, greet them and dress them with a layer of wire that brings out their natural power and uniqueness.
We relocated to the central Oregon coast in the summer of 2018 and I’m blessed to call Newport home. The waves and whales provide an amazing inspiration on a daily basis. Our beautiful waves, whales and mermaids have swam their way into my designs and I couldn’t be happier!
And yes, I still sing to my dogs!
The creative mind is an interesting thing to live with.
From a young age everything was a little different in my mind. Sticks and mud could be formed into a microphone to sing a concert to my dogs. Cardboard was a magic carpet on a grassy hill and stones were fascinating. Age tampered the imagination a little bit, however that fascination with stones never fully disappeared. In high school I wore a pair of handmade beaded earrings to school and a teacher bought them off my ears before the lunch bell. I was already dreaming of heading to art school but this was the first time I thought I could actually make money doing something creative.
In direct contrast to my tom boy ways, I loved creating beautiful wearable art. I was, and continue to be, self-taught and pride myself on doing it my own way. I knew someday I would be creating beauty for a living. The fascination with creating beautiful jewelry has never wavered in 20+ years and is now combined with a vast variety of life and business experiences.
When I started to refocus back to my creativity in 2013 I had a desire for creating things with a little more instant gratification. I wanted to create beautiful works and I didn’t want to spend a week threading beads. This brought me to wire work. With a few pieces of metal and a stone someone felt wasn’t pretty enough for sale, I could create a piece of wearable art that brought out the natural beauty of a stone…in under an hour. I was in love.
I believe stones are meant for people and sometimes we are merely the carrier for them to get to where they are needed. I feel honored to carry along the stones that cross my path. To meet them, greet them and dress them with a layer of wire that brings out their natural power and uniqueness.
We relocated to the central Oregon coast in the summer of 2018 and I’m blessed to call Newport home. The waves and whales provide an amazing inspiration on a daily basis. Our beautiful waves, whales and mermaids have swam their way into my designs and I couldn’t be happier!
And yes, I still sing to my dogs!
