Laura Graham
Design Assistant at House of Waris Fine Jewelry
New York, NY, USA“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated.
We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied into a single garment of destiny.
Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
As a designer, I try to draw inspiration
from every single experience in my life.
Be it tragedy or celebration, failure or success,
there is no moment too small
to be significant. When we take away the details and
get to the core of our experiences, we see that they
are not something that sets us apart from one other,
but rather they connect us in the fact that
we all share them in one form or another.
If I use these moments as inspiration when I am
designing jewelry, someone somewhere will connect
with my work, and if that connection causes that person to
have a response in their own life,
then I have succeeded as an artist.
We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied into a single garment of destiny.
Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
As a designer, I try to draw inspiration
from every single experience in my life.
Be it tragedy or celebration, failure or success,
there is no moment too small
to be significant. When we take away the details and
get to the core of our experiences, we see that they
are not something that sets us apart from one other,
but rather they connect us in the fact that
we all share them in one form or another.
If I use these moments as inspiration when I am
designing jewelry, someone somewhere will connect
with my work, and if that connection causes that person to
have a response in their own life,
then I have succeeded as an artist.
Work Experience
House Of Waris
Design Assistant
2011
- Present
New York, New York, United States
Lilly's Bead Box
Designer/Sales Associate at Lilly's Bead Box
2004
- Present
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Education
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)
B.F.A. Metals and Jewelry
June 2010
- Present
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Awards
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD) (SCADDY)
Dean's List
2010
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD) (SCADDY)
Dean's List
2013
University Of Tennessee
Sigma Alpha Lambda
2007
Skills
Advanced Fabrication,
Detail Oriented,
Flexible,
Illustrator,
Innovative Problem Solving,
Keyshot,
Laser Welding,
Lost Wax Casting,
Mechanisms,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Word,
Mold Making,
Mood Boards,
Photoshop,
Professionalism,
Rapid Prototyping,
Rendering,
Resilient,
Resourceful,
Rhinoceros,
Self-reliant,
Sketching,
Stone Setting,
Strong Leadership,
Successful Collaboration,
Trend Research,