Member Directory
Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi Members
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About Us
We are makers on a mission to preserve and promote, educate and encourage, the highest standard of excellence in regional crafts.
The work of our Members reflects a high degree of competence, professional standards, and artistry in their medium and category. Eligibility is determined by a jury review process which takes place twice each year.
Susan Carruth
Susan Carruth
Covington, LA
Metal (Silver) / Jewelry
Guild member since 1988
Susan was recently commissioned to create a special piece of jewelry as a gift for Barbara Bush. Her jewelry designs are imaginative commentaries on nature and life’s experiences. She draws on her childhood experiences of growing up in New Orleans, as well as the highs and lows of being a responsible adult and parent. Susan’s work shows the variety of working with metal. Some of her jewelry designs are loosely structured with lots of moving parts, other designs are highly structured and technically very demanding to create. Susan says that the freedom to move among these different approaches brings the balance she is seeking in her creative life.
Barbara and Dean Parks
Barbara & Dean Parks
Clinton, MS
Metal (Silver)/Stones
Jewelry
Guild member since 1979
Barbara and Dean work together and almost every piece of jewelry has input from both them. Most of their pieces have a semiprecious gem stone as a focal point. The metal surrounding the stone is sawed, filed, hammered, and individually applied, so that each piece has its own character and is slightly different from any other piece. The Parks’ silver designs tend to have strong geometric lines, clean contemporary, and abstract shapes.