Barbara McFadyen
Barbara McFadyen is a metalsmith and enamellist who has been designing jewellery in gold, silver, and enamel for nearly five decades. Barbara received her MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and BA from Eckerd College. Her award-winning work is nationally recognized through exhibitions with the American Crafts Council, the Smithsonian Institution, SNAG, and the Enamellist Society and galleries throughout the US, Canada and Japan. Barbara’s work is found in the collections of the Metal Museum, the Mint Museum, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, the Crocker Museum, and Yale University Art Gallery. In addition to her love of enamelling, Barbara finds inspiration through teaching others, and has given workshops at fine craft schools throughout the US, Japan and Italy. Currently, Barbara serves as secretary on the Board of Directors for The Enamellist Society and maintains her studio practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.