Juliet Chase is a jewelry artist specializing in one of a kind sea glass designs. She is native of the Pacific Northwest and currently lives in the Seattle area. Juliet has always drawn inspiration for her jewelry designs from the shapes and colors of the beach and delights in finding the perfect design and customer for each piece of found treasure. Some of her earliest memories are of walking the beaches of Puget Sound with her mother and sister; tickling the anemones in tide pools and learning about beach glass. The kids were taught to throw the pieces back that weren’t yet perfectly polished – early lessons in patience, sharing, and abundance.
She began experimenting with sea glass while taking a metal-smithing class several years ago. Like most ardent beach combers there were several pieces in a drawer just waiting for the perfect project. The compliments and questions from those initial pieces were so encouraging that Juliet then began developing the technique into a full line of earrings, pendants, and necklaces. Because each piece of sea glass (or beach glass as some prefer) is genuine, shaped by the sand and waves of the ocean, there are no two pieces alike and no two pieces of jewelry are identical.
Juliet frequently uses bronze in her designs because its ancient rustic look pairs so well with the tumbled shapes and textures of the glass. She treats each piece of sea glass as a unique gemstone – creating designs and settings to show it off as the rare creation of humans and nature that it is. She is currently working on expanding her audience beyond the Seattle area and divides her time between jewelry, photography, and writing.
You can contact Juliet at julietchase.com[at]gmail.com (replace [at] with @) or visit her other personas: abstract photography, pursuing the art of happiness, or finding quirky things
