Susan Marie Designs

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Susan welcomes you to visit her working design studio and gallery in downtown Asheville to see her handmade elegant jewelry with a contemporary style. As an award-winning designer/goldsmith she only uses the finest gemstones, diamonds and pearls for her creations. Inspired by the beauty of the stones, she draws onContinue Reading

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As autumn descends and local mountains surge with radiant color, goldsmith and award winning jewelry designer Susan Marie Phipps is inspired to create some of her most beautiful work. Her love of the Blue Ridge Mountains dates from the early 1980’s, when she journeyed from Ohio to study metalsmithing atContinue Reading

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Performance: Asheville Lyric Opera..p2 Asheville Percussion Festival..p4 HART..p6 Magnetic 375..p6 Asheville Community Theatre ..p7Fine Art: Clay Day..p10 Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands..p11 French Broad Artists..p17 Cheryl Keefer..p19 ZaPow!..p19 Susan Marie Designs..p21 Al Junek..p21 Art After Dark..p22 Music: Mike Farris ..p8 Classic Wineseller..p25 Charlie Parr..p27 Dining Guide: Wasabi..p30 Noteworthy: PassingContinue Reading

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When you walk into Susan Marie Designs in downtown Asheville, you easily see in goldsmith Susan Marie Phipps’ creations her many years of experience in designing and hand making fine gold jewelry. The contemporary elegance of her stunning designs, which she skillfully forms with clean lines throughout, harmoniously unite nature’sContinue Reading

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Performance: Asheville Amadeus Events..p4 & 7 NC Stage & ACT – Amadeus..p8 Abraham.In.Motion..p8 Asheville Amadeus..p9 Fine Art: Folk Art Center..p10 Asheville Ceramics Gallery..p10 Fine Artist Cheryl Keefer..p17 Susan Marie Designs..p19 Spruce Street Market..p33 Green Room – Caffeinated Art..p35 Music: Hendersonville Chamber Music..p6 AmiciMusic..p6 The Altamont Theater..p21 John Jorgenson Quintet..p23 DiningContinue Reading

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  Performance: Asheville Symphony Orchestra..p6 NC Stage ..p7 Magnetic Theatre..p7 Asheville Contemporary Dance ..p16 Fine Art: Ariel Gallery ..p11 Blackbird Frame & Art..p11 Red House Gallery..p17 Asheville Gallery of Art ..p19 Susan Marie Designs..p21 Art After Dark..p30 Teresa Pennington..p31 Riverview Station ..p32 Toe River Studio Tour..p37 Southern Highland Craft Guild..p38Continue Reading

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Simplicity has always been a key element in Susan Marie’s work and circles are among nature’s most elegant and simplistic geometric forms. As a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America, the faceted gemstones and pearls Susan Marie carefully selects are the focal point of her pieces. When designing andContinue Reading

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On the cover: Ariel Gallery..p11; Inside: Holiday Gift Guide p37-39; Asheville Symphony Orchestra p6; Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol p7; Susan Marie Designs p21Continue Reading

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Local goldsmith and designer Susan Marie Phipps creates elegant and affordable one-of-a-kind jewelry of exceptional quality at Susan Marie Designs, her gallery and studio in Downtown Asheville. With visionary talent and skills acquired in over thirty years working as a professional goldsmith, Susan transforms nature’s most precious materials into wearableContinue Reading