Esta Kirschner

Esta Kirschner grew up near the ocean on Long Island, N.Y., and moved to the Southwest in 1980. Her love of the ocean and desert provides inspiration for her modern-day jewelry designs.

A self-taught artist, she works with glass, silver, semi-precious beads and shells to create intricately beaded bracelets and pins. She also creates mixed-metal earrings made of hammered brass, copper or silver in a variety of shapes and sizes. Esta currently lives in Albuquerque.