For as long as I can remember I have been enamored of metal objects and the craftsmanship involved in producing it. In high school, I wanted to become a goldsmith but tossed that idea aside for my other love: French literature.
 These distant memories came back many years later in California when I started to learn the art of metal smithing and jewelry making.
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I love creating something with my hands and
being able to give my ideas a definite physical shape in precious metal.
I find it fascinating how the metal bends and moves with only a few hammer strikes and to witness it take new form.
My inspiration comes primarily from nature. A leaf or flower that I find on a walk
or in my yard can be the catalyst for a new piece. I am especially fond of sea creatures: little shells, sand dollars or starfish I pick up on the beach
not far from my studio. I find their amazing shapes and intricate textures very stimulating.

Bio
In the past Ina attended many metal smithing and jewelry making classes at Cabrillo and Monterey Peninsula College. Among others she has taken classes in jewelry fabrication, metalsmithing, fold forming, Keum boo (Korean art of gold application), anticlastic raising, enameling and casting. She also attended special one and two week long workshops such as "Stone Setting" with Megan Corvin, "Chasing and Repoussé" with Marcia Lewis, Working in Wire with Mary Lee Hu, "Enameling with Deb Lozier, Wire Sculpture with Tom Hill and "Soldering" with Lynda Watson.

She holds a BA in French Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris and a Master of Arts in French and German Literature & Linguistics and Economics from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Contact: ina@jewelrybyina.com
831-685-1388
www.jewelrybyina.com