photos by kyle johnson
shelly is from montana - from the woods basically. growing up, her mom wove baskets; dying her own reed and incorporating things like moss, willows, and antlers. a lot of the colors and patterns shelly uses are inspired by her reed craft [which are dyed with kool-aid]. shelly's grandpa made metal sculptures, and grandmother makes pottery. shelly has been surrounded by craft and creativity her entire life, and nurtured throughout her creative journey.
shellys now i lives in olympia. when she is not making jewelry for white sage, she plays in a keyboard pop band called razzm'tazz, sings karaoke on tuesdays and thursdays, and recently went to penland school of crafts where she took a jewelry course taught by arthur hash [it is in that class learned a lot about soldering and working with materials people usually don't make jewelry with, hence the plastic melty beads].
she and her sister went to a one room school house for grade school and started a "troll club". they would meet every thursday. shelly was the secretary - she kept a file on each troll which housed only their lengthy criminal records. it was a really fun period in her life, and that's why she decided to call her jewelry line line troll club!
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