BAYFIELD FESTIVAL OF ARTS ``BEST OF SHOW`` winner (2014) Lissa Flemming opened Silverwaves Jewelry, an art gallery & working studio in Spring 2016. On display you will find her work, alongside a few select artists who are inspired by Lake Superior. A biologist turned metalsmith and 18 year resident of Baja, Mexico, Lissa has been living in Bayfield, WI for 20 years. Her unique perspective and travels, fuel organic jewelry designs which masterfully incorporate the majestic beauty of Lake Superior and the natural world.

Throughout my travels and studies in Japan and Korea, I collected pottery and shards. I felt like I was taking home a piece of that place.
I loved this Idea and wanted to share in this experience. A piece of here on your table.
Flavor of the area. I use beach-sand from the South Shores of Lake Superior mixed into porcelain. This creates random black spots from the iron-rich sand. The local clay is also iron-rich and is mixed into the clay or glaze creating rich dark greens, reds, browns and blacks. I make traditional ash-glazes from local Maple and Oak trees.

Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication run by volunteers that love literature, art, and the wilderness. Our mission is to publish the finest literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. We feature poetry, creative nonfiction, eco-fiction, hybrids, comics/graphic literature, art, book reviews, and interviews. Online journal issues are published biannually in the spring and fall. We also nominate contributors’ work for most major awards and anthologies. Split Rock Review was founded in 2012 by Crystal S. Gibbins. The journal’s name is inspired by the historic and rugged landmark located on the north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.