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Elizabeth Thompson was born and raised outside of Philadelphia. She received her B.F.A. in metals and jewelry from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005.rnrnIn 2003, she spent an inspirational summer in Bali, Indonesia, studying batik, basket weaving and wood carving. She fell in love with the textures, as well as the harmony and form, of natural elements coexisting with created objects. Her first design series was a melodic waterfall design executed in silver bangle and cuff bracelets. For her senior project at SCAD, She produced several bracelets combining exotic hardwoods with metals, pearls, and stones. These were featured in the Lapidary Journal, September 2005. rnrnIn 2006, she made a brief foray into handmade furniture making at the prestigious BDDW in Brooklyn, N.Y., to heighten her woodworking skills.rnrnIn 2008, she opened Fluxwork Studio in Brooklyn; is a fully outfitted jewelry design studio conceived to provide rental working space for artisans.rnrnEnthused by the primitive structure of a pair of scorpions that she used in a photo shoot of her jewelry, she composed her current collection with cast segments of the scorpions, as well as a symphonic assortment of other skeletal forms and structures, into necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and belt buckles. rnrnHearkening back to her love of wood and classical structure, Thompson is collaborating with a woodworker on the design of a series of wood and metal jewelry.rnrnUpcoming on her jewelers bench is a fanciful series based on classical mythology and folklore symbols evocative of the lost traditions of our relationships to heros, mentors, and storytellers.
