Artist: Abby Kiker | Location: Blairsville, GA
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Artist: Abby Kiker | Location: Blairsville, GA
Blairsville, GA
Abby Kiker earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design and Technology from Illinois State University. Since then, she has been a professor of Theatre and Costume Design, and is currently employed at Young Harris College, in northeast Georgia. In addition to theatrical design, Ms. Kiker founded Blue tAbby Studios, a private studio specializing in the creation of unique beaded jewelry. While spending a summer living on the Cherokee reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina, Abby learned how to weave seed beads with a bead loom, and most of her jewelry designs use this technique. Recently, she has expanded from wearable art to larger pieces, such as wall art, or "glass paintings." Abby received an artist's mini-grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission in 2012, and has also received other minor recognition for her jewelry designs, and she has received several merit awards for Excellence in Design for her costume designs as well. Abby lives in Blairsville, Georgia with her husband, Kendall and young son, Corin.