John Sartin is an award-winning jewelry artist who merges new and old hand fabrication, forging, and forming techniques to create truly original, one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art. The driving influence behind his work is the challenge—to conceptualize a piece and then solve all the problems that arise in the making of that piece—truly the most enjoyable process in metalsmithing. He is a freelance author for many national trade magazines and, above all, a full-time artist who sells his work through galleries and art fairs throughout the United States. More information on John Sartin and his work can be found on his website at www.johnsartindesigns.com.