Author: Karen Karon

Jewelry designer and author, Karen Karon, has been weaving maille for 20 years. She teaches chain maille and scale maille classes and workshops at Metalwerx School for Jewelry and Metal Arts, at local venues, and also provides private chain maille/scale maille instruction. In addition, Karen is a certified PMC (Precious Metal Clay) artisan. Karen has written articles for Art Jewelry, Bead Style, Bead&Button and Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazines and is the author of Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop and Advanced Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop, both published by Interweave. Karen’s work was included in the following juried exhibitions: Making Moves, 2020 and Outside the Lines, 2021 at Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, in Waltham, Massachusetts and Earrings Galore 2022-23 curated by Heidi Lowe Gallery in Lewes, Delaware. Karen was also an artist in the 2022 MAD About Jewelry show at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.