Nancy Goodenough Jewelry

Glass Artist and Jewelry Designer

Nancy Goodenough's trademark Dichroic Glass FireStones combine luminous color and otherworldly texture. The artist marries the ancient glass-forming technique of pate de verre with an innovative process that she developed. Nancy's glass has been exhibited in juried shows and craft galleries worldwide. She has also been featured in leading craft, bead, and lapidary publications, and in the definitive Collectible Beads by Dr. Robert Liu.



Handcrafted Glass and Sterling Silver Jewelry:



Dichroic Glass Pendants

Nancy integrates her lovely glass creations into a distinctive line of jewelry - incorporating precious metals, and using a variety of metalsmithing techniques such as fusing, fold forming, hollow forming, and surface treatments.

$40



Nancy is best known for creating hypnotic, luminous glass, where reflective colors play against other textures. She produces these magical effects by integrating ancient glass-forming methods, space-age dichroic glass, and her unique kiln-casting process. Using lapidary equipment, Nancy bevels and shapes the glass, giving it added depth, color, and an organic surface. The result is much more complex than standard dichroic material.





Yoyo-Z Dichroic Earrings

Brilliant fuchsia pink with cobalt blue highlights

Vibrant earrings with 1/2" dichroic glass circles

Handcrafted zigzags of sterling silver wire

Resin beads and Swarovski crystals

$45



Says Nancy, "My technology background leads me to experiment with ways to marry metal and glass. I try to find a balance between my artistic side and three decades in technology and business. Being of Bohemian decent may well have had an influence on my intense interest in glass."





Dichroic Glass & Sterling Silver Pendant

Dichroic glass Firestone pendant with cast sterling silver spiral finding.

$45



Systems engineer and world traveler, high school teacher and mathematician - these aren't the typical credentials of a glass artist. But with Nancy Goodenough, both life and art reflect the unexpected. Nancy resigned from IBM in 1999, and now lives with her husband among the redwoods on the Russian River in Northern California, where she also creates her jewelry.

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