~Bio~

Holly J. Carter is a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Fine Art in Metals and a minor in Interior Design History. Holly worked as an Interior Designer while in School and had her first official client in 2004 under the business name of Incognito Designs, which has since evolved into the art of making and selling Art Jewelry and Small Sculpture.

Holly shows in Juried Exhibitions, Festivals, and Art Shows. Holly Carter is an internationally known artist and her work is currently shown in galleries across the Southwestern United States.

Her interior design skills and education have helped her to work skillfully in metal, wood, and fiber arts as well. Having a historical and working knowledge of processes and design has been beneficial to Holly's work as a metal smith. Holly teaches Jewelry I, Jewelry II, Enameling, Casting, Etching, and many other metals classes for The Edna Vihel Center for The Arts in Tempe, Arizona. She also teaches at The Mesa Art Center and has been an instructor for The Phoenix Center for The Arts and Fire and Friends Z Art Studio. She is a member of the Society of North American Gold Smiths (SNAG), the Arizona Designer Craftsmen (ADC) and the Coordinator for the Arizona Designer Craftsmen's Central Chapter Metalink Group.