Cappy Counard makes jewelry and small sculptural objects that reflect her curiosity about relationship. She is intrigued by the reactions and interactions that transpire between people. By exploring the notions of work, care, storytelling and repair, she aims to record our capacity for evolution and connection.
Cappy lives in Edinboro, Pennsylvania where she has been a Professor of Metals and Jewelry at Edinboro University for more than twenty years. Teaching is as integral to her practice as making. The act of building community and sharing knowledge contributes greatly to the concepts in her work.
Cappy graduated with an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She exhibits, lectures and demonstrates throughout the United States and her work is featured in several books including, SNAG Jams 2019, Narrative Jewelry and Behind the Brooch. Recently, Cappy curated an exhibition titled Forging a Link: Metalsmiths Respond to the Mercer Collection at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA, and her jewelry became part of both the Helen Drutt English Collection in Philadelphia, PA and the Porter-Price Collection in Columbia, South Carolina.
maker. educator. collector. observer. collaborator. explorer.
Thank you for spending time with my work. I invite you to contact me with your thoughts and questions.
