About Crailin

As long as I can remember, I’ve been captivated by the world of gems and jewelry. I’ve always been fascinated with creating beautiful things that connect the physical world of beauty with the feeling of joy inside your heart. Growing up, I would design jewelry from any material I could find as a way to save moments and memories and store them in my treasure box. From digging up geodes, to learning about gemstones from my neighbor’s travel to other countries, and then realizing jewelry could be a career with my sales job at Cahill-Pribyl Jewelry.

I found a passion that led me to pursue a BFA in Metalsmithing at the University of Iowa, and then pursued my career further at the GIA in Carlsbad CA. Since then, I’ve been dedicated to my craft, creating designs for top licensed brands, having the honor to collaborate and learn from renowned jewelry designer Alfred Durante, and creating my own jewelry designs in my studio. I now reside in Northwest Arkansas, where I find inspiration in the natural world that surrounds me each day and the travels I take abroad.