KateDW
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lizardgin on Aug 8, 2022
5 out of 5 starsGorgeous, thank you!!! Received in a timely manner and wrapped and presented well as usual! Great communication!!!
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Kathleen on Jul 29, 2022
5 out of 5 starsVery unique necklace with outstanding bead- wearing history right now!
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Lee on Aug 13, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI love these! A great green and nice size. And a very reasonable price for these old disks. Hope to shop with you again soon. All best wishes!
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Barbara on Aug 11, 2022
5 out of 5 starsthis is a beautiful summer (or winter or any time or any occasion) necklace. definitely perfect for the summer. I can also double it around my wrist for a loose bracelet.
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Barbara on Aug 11, 2022
5 out of 5 starsthe trade beads for each earring are perfectly matched,and these can be worn with any color. love the beads and the earrings! Thank you Kate. they are perfect!
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lizardgin on Aug 8, 2022
5 out of 5 starsVery pleased with these beauties. Thank you for everything!
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Sherri on Aug 8, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThe beads are works of art! Well constructed. Packed with care and shipped fast!
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Sherri on Aug 8, 2022
5 out of 5 starsWhat a lovely shop owner! Pieces are well made! Packed with care and shipped quick.
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About KateDW
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My glass studio cleaned up and ready for me to give classes! -
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Gallery interior.. I make everything here. -
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Exterior of my Gallery.
I've always earned my living as an artist and will to the end of my life!
I started my Gallery, Uptown Tribal, in Bisbee Arizona in about 1996 and filled it with my work exclusively.
I had already been one of the jewelry designers and manufacturers for The Nature Company, a national chain mostly found in upscale (!) Malls.
When I first arrived in Bisbee, I had already written, illustrated and self published two books, "Basic Wire Work For Bead Jewelery" (because there really was very little on the subject) and "How to be Successful in the Bead Jewelry Business" (Of course, because I don't sell them through Amazon, they say they are out of print. Not true, I publish them myself!)
I also began writing a weekly How To column for the Lapidary Journal. I wrote 46 articles in all, in the early 1990s.
This was followed by four How To 1 1/2 hour films. In those days, instructional films on Lamp Work and Bead Jewelry making, were few.
For several years in the early 1990s, I sold extensively on Ebay. Now I have committed most of my Online Sales to Etsy. I opened it in 2008 but did not begin selling until 2011.
For many years, I have traveled to England to teach lamp work and bead jewelry design and construction,during the heat of Arizona Summers. and have also spent many of those Summers in Normandy, France, also working in Glass.
Now that I have a little Grand Daughter, I will resist traveling to Europe in the Summers and go to California to teach.
My gallery has moved to another location in Bisbee but Uptown Tribal is still open!
I am now offering classes in my home studio.. I have 30 instructional films on Youtube.
Shop members
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Kate Drew-Wilkinson
Owner, Maker, Designer
Trained as a Shakespearean Actress in England, went on to Hollywood, New York and began designing jewelry as a way to stay home and raise my son, Noah. Have also worked in Pen and Ink drawing and making leather garments.
Production partners
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Jacqueline Gutterman
Fairfax, CA
New and marvelous relationship for the production of my Artist Smock. She has always been among other things a seamstress and I am delighted. Actually we have known each other a long time. Both of us lived in houseboats on the Sausalito Waterfront. Her work is strong, Choices of cloth pleasing.
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