Emily Clementine Spykman grew up on the island of Martha's Vineyard, where her childhood was influenced by the woods and the water, and the life of an eclectic and creative community. She has lived in many places since then, and always found her art influenced by the natural world in that place. Emily spent her time making sense of the natural beauty that surrounded her; organizing leaves, tree bark, and precious found trinkets into curated collections and fairy houses, picking up cool rocks on a hike, a shell on a beach, and all of that finding its way into her artwork somehow. Emily studied jewelry making at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, where she uncovered her love of metalsmithing and embraced her passion for design. Always enchanted with life in miniature, metalwork immediately made sense to her as a micro version of the work her father has done as a fine woodworker. With the tools shrunk down and the scale minute, she turns raw materials into fine wearable art, drawing inspiration from botanical forms, ancient symbolism, architecture, and studies of adornment and form in varied cultures and times. Emily now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she curates and operates SUN & DUST gallery in addition to her jewelry business.