Hello Beautiful Humans! My name is Katie – I’ve been Todd’s apprentice for about eight years now, helping behind the scenes with polishing, finishing work while learning his handwoven artform. I am one of the lucky few that gets to say I love what I do and working with Todd and Lyra has been an absolutely awesome experience. When I started my apprenticeship, I had quite the learning curve – like all trades, jewelry has its own set of terms, traditions and knowledge and so I thought I could create a blog to document the journey and maybe it could be informative to you all too! I plan to create monthly blog posts that rotate between three separate “series” ideas, all of which are outlined below