Featured Artist of the Month

                                                           June 2006

M. Sue Way

Email: cinaed@cox.net
Website: www.cinaedstudio.com

Biography:
Sue Way was raised in the Shenandoah area of Virginia.  In 1991, she earned a Master’s degree in Math Education and began teaching for Virginia Beach City Public Schools.  Later, she became a Computer Resource Specialist where she worked with teachers helping them to learn how to use modern computer technology as a teaching tool.  After a life-changing event in 2003, she decided to follow her heart and make jewelry-making her focus in life.  She had what she describes as a ‘Green Acres’  moment: She quit her job, sold her house in Virginia Beach and moved to rural North Carolina where she could set up a studio at home and make jewelry all the time. 
 
She originally began making jewelry as a teenager after a trip to the gem mines of North Carolina.  Over the years, she has tried a number of different jewelry making techniques including bead weaving, collage, and wire wrapping.  In 2001 she took a workshop in metal clay jewelry and was hooked on the possibilities of this new medium.  She has continued taking classes whenever possible and has added  fused glass and glass enamel to create more dimension in her work.  She is a certified instructor with Art Clay Silver and uses her teaching background to bring the fun of Art Clay Silver to others.