Debbie Cardwell

Debbie Cardwell is a jewelry artist working from her home studio in Houston, Texas. She comes from a long line of family members who worked with metals, fabricating locks, hardware, and other products in their family’s machine shop. Debbie has always loved jewelry in all shapes, sizes, and styles so it’s no surprise that she pursued the craft of metalsmithing. Since there were no women in the family business, Debbie pursued a career in the medical device industry and worked in the corporate world for 25 years. However, Debbie had always enjoyed exploring various crafts in her spare time, such as knitting, crocheting, leather crafts, beading, and repurposing vintage jewelry.

It wasn’t until 2016 that Debbie really focused on learning to create jewelry from sheet metal and how to solder. She loves to work with all metals whether its sterling silver, gold, brass, copper, or steel and enjoys the life long learning process that goes along with metalsmithing. Debbie still loves vintage jewelry and has greatly enjoyed creating custom pieces for clients utilizing their family heirlooms or sentimental pieces. Her new pieces are greatly influenced by many years participating in equestrian activities and she strives to create pieces that give the wearer a sense of confidence but in an understated manner. Bold chains, geometric shapes and enduring quality are hallmarks of her jewelry. Most recently, Debbie has focused on crafting different types of chain including loop in loop chains, chainmail, Viking knit, and other types of chains that are hand wrought.