About Me

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.  My name is Misty Shwiyyat and I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma with my hubby, two daughters, two cats, two hamsters, 10 hermit crabs and a tadpole. :^) 

I love art and I love the process of creating.  To take something from the mind and birth it into existence just amazes me!  The materials I adore the most are glass and metal.  I LOVE silver!  I love to melt it, saw it, hammer it, bend it and turn it into something beautiful.  Glass!!! Oh how I love thee!  There is something special about molten glass and to this day I'm still amazed that I can melt it and manipulate it into something wearable.  I also love gemstones - mother earth ... the ultimate artists.

My Education

In January 2002 I took my first metalsmithing class at Tulsa Community College.  I studied under Bill Derrevere for 4 consecutive semesters.

My first lampworking class was in March of 2002 at Tulsa Stained Glass Studio.  I torched on a Hot Head and made lots of fugly beads.  That was the beginning of my love affair with glass. 

In 2004 I graduated from the Jewelry Technology program that was offered at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee. I spent approximately 2 1/2 years studying the art of creating fine jewelry with Steven Sherrill as my instructor.