ABOUT

Susan Hamilton Meier makes jewelry inspired by sunlight. Each piece holds a quiet tension – between light and dark, organic and refined, elemental and unexpected – that draws the wearer into a luminous world that radiates warmth.

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Susan carves by hand, so no two pieces are exactly alike. Using the ancient lost-wax method of casting, her sculptures are transformed into soulful objects of adornment. Each piece carries the unexpected beauty of imperfection and the sensous mark of the artist’s hand.

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While drawing on an ancient visual language and techniques refined over centuries, Susan is passionate about inventing new methods and exploring unexpected materials.

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After studying art history at Dartmouth College, where she wrote her thesis on medieval Italian altarpieces, Susan began her career at Sotheby's Jewelry, studied granulation at Jewelry Arts, and discovered wax carving at the workshop of Dutch master jeweler Fred de Vos, where she has been part of a close community of artists for the past 20 years.