Cappy Counard

Cappy earned an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1999 and a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1992. She exhibits, lectures and demonstrates throughout the United States and her work is featured in several books including, SNAG Jams 2019, Narrative Jewelry and Behind the Brooch. Recently, Cappy curated an exhibition titled Forging a Link: Metalsmiths Respond to the Mercer Collection at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA, and her jewelry became part of both the Helen Drutt English Collection in New York, NY as well as the Porter-Price Collection in Columbia, South Carolina.

Cappy resides in Edinboro, Pennsylvania where she has been a Professor of Metals and Jewelry at Edinboro University since 1999. Teaching is as integral to her practice as making. The act of building community and sharing knowledge contributes greatly to the evolution of her work.