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Experience jewelry that takes you on an enchanted journey.

Using unconventional materials to bring metal and color together, I create unique statement pieces and every-day wear items - each piece telling a unique story. My one-of-a-kind pieces are individually crafted and hand-painted, and take several weeks to complete.

Artist Bio

Liz is passionate about colorful jewelry, winning multiple prestigious international jewelry design awards. She founded Liz Sabol Jewelry Art in 2013 and best known for her avant-garde champleve technique. Liz is also a mom of two and practicing graphic artist since 1992.

Liz Sabol studied Chemical Engineering and Art & Design at West Virginia University. She continued her education at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Communication Arts & Illustration. Though a relative newcomer to the jewelry world, she is a veteran in design and graphic arts.

The eldest of seven children, Liz grew up on a dairy farm in Western Pennsylvania where she cultivated a lifelong love of nature, art, and design. She nurtured that sensibility through the study of concert piano, chemical engineering, fine art, design, and technology.

After a successful 25-year career in branding and corporate marketing, she found herself restless and sought new ways to express her artistic vision. In 2011, she experimented with intricate bead work, transitioned to the hypnotic experience of lampworking glass, and then began an exploration into metal in 2013. That journey led to a discovery and harmony she has achieved with a combination of technology and her signature organic forms. Inspired by fairy tales, fantasy and mysticism, each Champlevé piece is hand-painted and protected by resin, and hints at her love of oil painting.

By combining metal with media and techniques not traditionally used in jewelry, Liz brings a different and unique perspective to metal.

Awards

  • Saul Bell Design Award, Finalist, Alternative Materials, 2020, Albuquerque NM, USA
  • AMCAW Sea and Sky Challenge, First Place, Jewelry, 2019, International
  • Saul Bell Design Award, Second Place, Jewelry Collection Fashion/Bridge, 2019, Albuquerque NM, USA
  • Saul Bell Design Award, Second Place, Jewelry Collection Fashion/Bridge, 2018, Albuquerque NM, USA
  • Saul Bell Design Award, Second Place, Metal Clay, 2017, Albuquerque NM, USA
  • Saul Bell Design Award, Finalist Metal Clay, 2016, Albuquerque NM, USA
  • Beverly Hills Art Show, First Place, Jewelry, October 2018, Beverly Hills CA, USA
  • Centurion Emerging Designer Competition, Finalist, 2019, Merrick NY, USA
  • MJSA Journal, Online Design Challenge, Winner, 2017, USA
  • A'Design Award, Silver Award Winner, Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category, 2017, ITALY
  • A'Design Award Winner, Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category, 2016, ITALY
  • Associated Artists of Butler Annual Invitational, Honorable Mention, 2016, Butler PA, USA
  • A Fair In the Park, Larry Berman Photography Award, 2015, Pittsburgh PA, USA

Exhibitions

  • Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Statement Pieces, 2019, Sewickley PA USA
  • Jodee Harris Gallery, Seton Hill Univ, Solo Exhibition, 2018, Greensburg PA USA
  • Albuquerque Museum Foudation, ArtsThrive, 2018, Albuquerque NM USA
  • Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, New Member Exhibition, 2018, Pittsburgh PA USA
  • Pole Bijou Gallery, International Metal Clay Exhibition, 2017, Baccarat FRANCE
  • Butler Art Center, Annual Invitational Show, 2016, Butler PA USA
  • Butler Art Center, "Metalworks" Exhibition, 2015, Butler PA USA

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Memberships

Certifications

  • Rio Grande PMC Certification