Naomi Sarna grew up in Butte, Montana where minerals, gems, and fossils were a part of her everyday life. Early memories are of being in her grandfather’s store where miners came to shop and learning to do many types of handwork. Now she is an international award-winning jewelry artist. After careers as a caterer, psychoanalyst, and medical hypnotist, Sarna went back to her roots. Sarna left Montana and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied sculpture and the art of fabric draping. She studied gemstone faceting, which taught her about light reflection in gemstones with Bernd Munsteiner and metalsmithing with Heikki Seppä. Sarna soon turned to the carving of gemstones and creating masterful jewelry showcasing her carvings. She has traveled around the world from Tanzania and Madagascar to Arkansas, visiting mines and hand-selecting the rough gems that she turns into treasured objects. Tune in to learn more about Naomi's maker journey, the process of how she crafted her Big Reveal piece, and what the jeweler community means to her.
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