Amy C Schmidt

Amy C Schmidt

Amy C Schmidt is a jewelry artist, metalsmithing instructor, and co-owner of Salt City Smithery, a teaching studio in Salt Lake City, Utah.1246 She has over 20 years of experience creating jewelry and teaching metalsmithing.12

Career Highlights

• Co-owner and metalsmithing instructor at Salt City Smithery13
• Art jeweler creating one-of-a-kind jewelry for women and men, and small objects with precious metals4
• Worked in the fashion industry for many years as a technical design consultant and apparel designer6
• Teaches metalsmithing courses at the University of Utah35

Education and Passion for Metalsmithing

Amy's passion for metalsmithing gained momentum when she started taking classes in ancient techniques of jewelry making, such as hand fused and woven chainmaking, bezel setting, and lost wax casting.5 She has been creating jewelry since the early 1990s and has been a maker her whole life, starting out sewing with her mom and grandmother as a young child.2