Meet Our Founders
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SULO BEE (they/them/ze)
Co-Founder of Queer Metalsmiths
SULO BEE earned their BFA from Texas State University with a focus in Metals and Jewelry in 2018. They have exhibited their work internationally with Heidi Lowe Gallery, Ombre Gallery, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Australian Temp/Contemp Gallery, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Gallery 2052, and Milan Jewelry Week. They were included in the One for the Future program with NYC Jewelry Week and completed a 3 month residency at the Baltimore Jewelry Center in 2018. In 2020, they participated in an invitational residency, Pentaculum, at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft. SUL0 is featured in the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Learning Lab highlighting LGBTQIA+ artists, SNAG JaMS, Klimt 02, ARTISTAR Jewels, and Accessory Vanity Fair Magazine. They recently completed their Master of Fine Arts at SUNY New Paltz and exhibited their Thesis research at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, NY.
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Tracey Carswell (they/them)
Co-Founder of Queer Metalsmiths
Tracey Carswell is a queer non-binary curator, educator, and artist committed to fostering meaningful connections through community-building. They are the founder and former President of the Miami chapter of the Women’s Jewelry Associattion, and they invest in the growth and success of women, femme, queer, trans and gender non-conforming leaders in the jewelry and craft industries.
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Sol Diaz (she/they)
Co-Founder of Queer Metalsmiths
Sol Diaz is a Latinx Trans/Non-binary New York based Metalsmith and Jeweler. They are the founder of @soeliastudio.
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Rebecca Lee (they/she)
Co-Founder of Queer Metalsmiths
Rebecca Lee is a photographer and jeweler interested in sacred adornment and its capacity to provide protection and healing for all intersections of marginalized people. Currently, lee works primarily with sheet metal, hand piercing intuitive undulating shapes that mimic how water impacts our coastlines incorporating minerals and found objects near or in bodies of water. They also utilize wax carving to create talismans featuring sigils and marks with specific and intentional magical purposes.