About this episode

Christine Mighion interviews Kerin Rose about the connection between jewelry, creativity, and the impact of selling art.

Originally aired August 21, 2024, this is not only one of your favorite episodes, it's one of mine! I’m sure you know how it feels when you meet someone new at an event and within a few minutes you feel you’ve found a kindred spirit? Someone who speaks your language. Well, that is how I felt when I met Kerin Rose… and it’s not because Rose was my maiden name. Kerin was a member of a metalsmithing community I belonged to on Etsy. I’m sure if you have listened to the podcast for anything length of time you have heard me talk about EtsyMetal and the positive impact it had on my success as a new business owner. I’ve probably known Kerin for 20 years now, but we’ve never sat down and had a conversation together. We would mostly chat about the business of selling jewelry, in our Etsy group forum, or more recently through DM’s. However, Kerin’s jewelry and ceramic work resonated with me on soul level and I knew that we spoke the same language which is why I was over the moon when she agreed to have a conversation with me on Slowmade. I've personally known Kerin as a wonderful jewelry and clay artist, but I was really surprised to hear her art journey extended far beyond those lines. I…

People in this episode

Host: Christine Mighion

Guest: Kerin Rose

Topics covered

• jewelry
• creativity
• metalsmithing
• art
• kinship magic

Keywords

• jewelry
• metalsmithing
• creativity
• Etsy
• art journey
• kinship magic
• ceramics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Etsy, EtsyMetal

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