Laura O'Brien, Beth Martin, Eva Sherman, Nadine McFadden, Maureen Hunt, Billie Andrews, Jenny Rohrs, Deby Romaniw, Kathy Herda
Owner and jewelry designer
Eva Sherman
began beading as a way to spend time with her daughters, but soon
became hopelessly addicted. She traded in her architectural
career, as well as her bank account for the opportunity to
spend all her time among beads. Grand River Beads and Gift
Gallery opened in 2005 and has become a destination for jewelry
designers looking for unique beads as well art appreciators
looking for locally created, hand crafted
art. Eva's jewelry designs have been featured in Stringing
Magazine, Step By Step Wire and Bead Trends.
Metalsmith Kristina Malcolm is the founder of Fluxusmetalworks, a business that evolved from her passion for
creating 3-D designs and working with metals. Kristina combines the beauty found
in nature with her love of art and jewelry into all her pieces. She uses only
naturally occurring stones and avoids the use of synthetic or dyed gemstones in
her designs. She has degrees in Sculpture and Metal smithing from the University
of Akron and has done graduate work at the University of Oregon as well as
Claremont University. She has taught a variety of jewelry and metals classes
and loves to share her talents with students.
A self taught jewelry artist, Kim O'Neill
began her career making REALLY BIG Earrings out of friendly plastic!
Staying true to her philosophy of "making jewelry, not an investment",
her work evolved using very affordable copper, brass, occasional silver
and found objects. She has taught at the Bead and Button Show for the past few years and her work has been featured in; Art Jewelry Magazine,
Bead and Button as well as several local publications.
Local glass jewelry artist, Deby Romaniw,
has been creating one of a kind kiln fused glass pieces for several
years. Her passion for jewelry making goes back to the 70's with
beading and macrame. She still creates beaded pieces using
semi-precious stones, crystals, gold-filled and sterling findings.
Recently, she has begun to incorporate PMC (precious metal clay) into
her glass designs. Deby currently teaches glass fusing classes and
sells her pieces at local art shows and galleries. Visit her websites
at; www.debysdesigns.net and debysdesigns.etsy.com.
Beth Martin
spends the summer months walking the beaches of Lake Erie, looking for beach glass, porcelain and shoreline findings. In turn, these pieces become fabulous
beach glass jewelry, lamps, trays and anything else her imagination
conjures up. She is well versed in the historical lore of beach glass
as well as the mystery of their origin. Beth is a lifetime resident of
Rocky River along with husband Earl and Jack Russell Terrier, Hunter. You may view her creations at Bethmartin.etsy.com.
Nadine McFadden
loves to design "button jewelry" from vintage and unique buttons which
she finds a constant springboard for new design ideas. She is delighted
by the process of turning "utilitarian" objects into works of art.
Nadine has been successfully selling her button inspired works of
art at galleries for 4 years.
Maureen Hunt
has only been creating jewelry for a few years. A recent retiree, she
now works full time as a jewelry designer. Although she began with
beads, she soon discovered an affinity for precious metal
clay and metal smithing. Her love of precious and semi precious
stones is obvious in the evolution of her many unique creations.
Maureen is a member of Ohio Beaders, the National PMC Guild and the
NEOPMC Guild and is one of the most prolific instructors at GRB.
Gabrielle Slattery
first became interested in jewelry design as a student at Magnificat
High School when she took a class with Jennifer Chronister. Normally a
very chatty girl, in that class she was so engaged you couldn't get a
word out of her. Currently Gabi is a student at KSU. Her strength lies
in capturing the spark of an idea presented by a customer and
translating that into a work of art. Gabrielle loves chain mail and is the force
behind our "Chain Gang" workshops.
Jenny Barnett Rohrs is a trained
musician and a self taught "crafty chick" who will try anything once. She is
particularly fond of mixed media, swarovski crystals and freshwater pearls.
Jenny has made (and sold) her own design for the past 3 years and has been
working with polymer clay since 2001. You can view some of her work at Jenny.etsy.com.
Seed bead instructor and jewelry artist
Shelley
Gross has been beading for as long as she
can remember and bead weaving for about 3 years. Her passion for
weaving began as a child when she fell in love with "Aunt Wanda's"
necklace, a beautiful woven piece that her Aunt had made. Her
work is displayed in various galleries and she is the seed bead
instructor to a dedicated group of bead weavers at Grand River Beads. You may also view her website at Chica Designs.
Wire artist Billie Andrews first real jewelry making experience began with a week long wire wrapping class at the William Holland Lapidary School
in 2008. Since then she has taken loads of classes and devoured every
book and magazine she could find on the subject. Billie feels that wire
is her "thing" as there is so much to create and so much fun to
be had. She looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm with her students!
Design Team
Owner and jewelry designer
Eva Sherman
began beading as a way to spend time with her daughters, but soon
became hopelessly addicted. She traded in her architectural
career, as well as her bank account for the opportunity to
spend all her time among beads. Grand River Beads and Gift
Gallery opened in 2005 and has become a destination for jewelry
designers looking for unique beads as well art appreciators
looking for locally created, hand crafted
art. Eva's jewelry designs have been featured in Stringing
Magazine, Step By Step Wire and Bead Trends. 
Metalsmith Kristina Malcolm is the founder of Fluxusmetalworks, a business that evolved from her passion for
creating 3-D designs and working with metals. Kristina combines the beauty found
in nature with her love of art and jewelry into all her pieces. She uses only
naturally occurring stones and avoids the use of synthetic or dyed gemstones in
her designs. She has degrees in Sculpture and Metal smithing from the University
of Akron and has done graduate work at the University of Oregon as well as
Claremont University. She has taught a variety of jewelry and metals classes
and loves to share her talents with students.
A self taught jewelry artist, Kim O'Neill
began her career making REALLY BIG Earrings out of friendly plastic!
Staying true to her philosophy of "making jewelry, not an investment",
her work evolved using very affordable copper, brass, occasional silver
and found objects. She has taught at the Bead and Button Show for the past few years and her work has been featured in; Art Jewelry Magazine,
Bead and Button as well as several local publications. 
Local glass jewelry artist, Deby Romaniw,
has been creating one of a kind kiln fused glass pieces for several
years. Her passion for jewelry making goes back to the 70's with
beading and macrame. She still creates beaded pieces using
semi-precious stones, crystals, gold-filled and sterling findings.
Recently, she has begun to incorporate PMC (precious metal clay) into
her glass designs. Deby currently teaches glass fusing classes and
sells her pieces at local art shows and galleries. Visit her websites
at; www.debysdesigns.net and debysdesigns.etsy.com.
Beth Martin
spends the summer months walking the beaches of Lake Erie, looking for beach glass, porcelain and shoreline findings. In turn, these pieces become fabulous
beach glass jewelry, lamps, trays and anything else her imagination
conjures up. She is well versed in the historical lore of beach glass
as well as the mystery of their origin. Beth is a lifetime resident of
Rocky River along with husband Earl and Jack Russell Terrier, Hunter. You may view her creations at Bethmartin.etsy.com.
Nadine McFadden
loves to design "button jewelry" from vintage and unique buttons which
she finds a constant springboard for new design ideas. She is delighted
by the process of turning "utilitarian" objects into works of art.
Nadine has been successfully selling her button inspired works of
art at galleries for 4 years.
Maureen Hunt
has only been creating jewelry for a few years. A recent retiree, she
now works full time as a jewelry designer. Although she began with
beads, she soon discovered an affinity for precious metal
clay and metal smithing. Her love of precious and semi precious
stones is obvious in the evolution of her many unique creations.
Maureen is a member of Ohio Beaders, the National PMC Guild and the
NEOPMC Guild and is one of the most prolific instructors at GRB.
Gabrielle Slattery
first became interested in jewelry design as a student at Magnificat
High School when she took a class with Jennifer Chronister. Normally a
very chatty girl, in that class she was so engaged you couldn't get a
word out of her. Currently Gabi is a student at KSU. Her strength lies
in capturing the spark of an idea presented by a customer and
translating that into a work of art. Gabrielle loves chain mail and is the force
behind our "Chain Gang" workshops.
Jenny Barnett Rohrs is a trained
musician and a self taught "crafty chick" who will try anything once. She is
particularly fond of mixed media, swarovski crystals and freshwater pearls.
Jenny has made (and sold) her own design for the past 3 years and has been
working with polymer clay since 2001. You can view some of her work at Jenny.etsy.com.
Seed bead instructor and jewelry artist
Shelley
Gross has been beading for as long as she
can remember and bead weaving for about 3 years. Her passion for
weaving began as a child when she fell in love with "Aunt Wanda's"
necklace, a beautiful woven piece that her Aunt had made. Her
work is displayed in various galleries and she is the seed bead
instructor to a dedicated group of bead weavers at Grand River Beads. You may also view her website at Chica Designs.
Wire artist Billie Andrews first real jewelry making experience began with a week long wire wrapping class at the William Holland Lapidary School
in 2008. Since then she has taken loads of classes and devoured every
book and magazine she could find on the subject. Billie feels that wire
is her "thing" as there is so much to create and so much fun to
be had. She looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm with her students!