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About
Silverwaves
Lissa Flemming
Metalsmith & Owner
It’s a good place to be: hand forging and sharing jewelry secrets next to this beautiful Lake. It took a while, but every adventure, sorrow, joy, moonrise, cup of tea, workshop and dirt road has brought me to where I am and is reflected in my jewelry designs.
I am inspired by Lake Superior and its waves and ripples; the trees moving in the breeze, the pebbles along the shore and other creative artists who inhabit these shores.
Setting native stones from around the Lake with organic sterling frames is my passion: Lake Superior Agate, Mohawkite, Thomsonite, Greenstone, Basalt, etc…and I also use stones from all over the globe; they are too beautiful to ignore!
Each hand created piece tells a story without words and I am honored when someone wears one of my pieces to remind them of their own adventure and create their own story.
Be sure to check out the photo of my mom, Lettie, hanging next to her bench in her gallery. Lettie’s kindness, creativity and soul lives on through my and her work.
Lissa Flemming
Metalsmith & Owner
It’s a good place to be: hand forging and sharing jewelry secrets next to this beautiful Lake. It took a while, but every adventure, sorrow, joy, moonrise, cup of tea, workshop and dirt road has brought me to where I am and is reflected in my jewelry designs.
I am inspired by Lake Superior and its waves and ripples; the trees moving in the breeze, the pebbles along the shore and other creative artists who inhabit these shores.
Setting native stones from around the Lake with organic sterling frames is my passion: Lake Superior Agate, Mohawkite, Thomsonite, Greenstone, Basalt, etc…and I also use stones from all over the globe; they are too beautiful to ignore!
Each hand created piece tells a story without words and I am honored when someone wears one of my pieces to remind them of their own adventure and create their own story.
Be sure to check out the photo of my mom, Lettie, hanging next to her bench in her gallery. Lettie’s kindness, creativity and soul lives on through my and her work.
A biologist turned metalsmith and 18 year resident of Baja, Mexico, Lissa has been living in Bayfield, WI now for 24 years.
Her unique perspective, travels and adventure enthusiasm, fuel organic jewelry designs which masterfully incorporate the majestic beauty of Lake Superior and the natural world.
Art in Bayfront Park (Duluth, MN) best of show winner (2015), Lissa Flemming opened Silverwaves Jewelry, an art gallery & working studio in Spring 2016.
In fall 2021 she moved down the street into a bigger space and opened a fully equipped jewelry and art teaching studio, Workshop 46.8°N.
Tiffany
Tiffany has become a snowbird and is happy to be back in Bayfield for the summer. She is excited working alongside creative minds and learning about silversmithing. In her spare time, she enjoys being out on the boat with her husband and dog Fletcher. Since she lives far away half the year, visits with friends and family in Bayfield are so special and fun.
Colleen
Colleen is a teacher at Bayfield High School and works many jobs in the summer to keep busy, help her friend Lissa, and be a social butterfly. She loves nature, good food, and her students. Most importantly, she has an adorable six-pound cat named Kwinella, who just turned 12.
Lynne
Lynne is a resident of Bayfield County and an outdoor adventurer who loves to swim, kayak, downhill ski, do photography, and travel to new places. Lake Superior has captured Lynne’s heart, so she retired here and is inspired by beautiful art that captures the essence of this place —its stones, waves, wildlife and wildness.
The Gallery
The gallery has been evolving since I started to make jewelry. All the classes I’ve taken; the places I’ve worked; the adventures I’ve taken; the tears I’ve shed; and the grieving I do led to it’s opening on May 7, 2016. That was Mother’s Day. I chose that day to honor my mom, who sadly never saw the gallery.
I believe the gallery has been and continues to be part of my grieving for the unexpected death of my Mom. I know she is always around—she is the reason it is such a beautiful and inviting place. She taught me those traits and so many more. My mom lives on through me, her friends and family and my jewelry.
The Art Bench
A collaboration between Jesse Woodward of Iron Apostle and Lissa Flemming of Silverwaves Jewelry and Workshop 46.8°N. #bayfieldcrosspollination Please click Jesse’s name if you’d like to contact him about creating a bench or other metal art for you!
Thanks to Silverwaves Jewelry and Chequamegon Bay Arts Council for the funding to make this possible. The leaf artists are listed below in case you’d like to contact them about creating your own custom piece! And, thank you to all the anonymous artists who add their flare to the art tree bench!
Leaf Artists:
Jesse Woodward, Lissa Flemming, Grace Hogan, Randy Anderson, Andy Falconer, Dede Eckels & Pete Skoro, Poca Adams, Sara Adams, Hilary Nelson, RavenWind, Jensa Banes, and Dina Post.
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Press & Awards
Press
- On Being an Artist & Business Owner
Chequamegon Bay Arts Council - Wild Rose Retreat -For the Love of Art
Forest & Lands - Interview
Bayfield & The Apostle Islands
Gallery Partners
My work is available for sale at these fine regional galleries and shops:
- Bell Street Gallery & Art Bar
Madeline Island, La Pointe, WI - Camp Manito-wish
Boulder Junction, WI - Dragonfly Dream Designs
Copper Harbor, MI - Piragis Northwoods Company
Ely, MN