Kathleen Dustin is a sculptor born in Evergreen Park, Illinois. She has MFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University. Kathleen makes jewelry and handbags from alternative materials. “I feel that part of my job as an artist is to pay attention, and so for lots of years I have been paying attention to the stages in my life and those of women around me, to the material culture of women in the exotic places where I’ve lived, and now to my quiet life and the natural world around me. The imagery of my work comes from taking a deep look at my life, responding to it, and reinterpreting it within jewelry and handbags.”