Kythryne's partner Amy Linari got involved somewhere along the way (we're still not entirely sure how that happened, but it's worked out just fine), and we have had various and sundry assistants over the years. Our guest artists include Kate Holly-Clark of Antika Nueva and Erin McCauley of Phantomwise.

Our specialty is fine art wire jewelry, but we are branching out into other mediums and art forms: fused dichroic glass, lampwork glass, wands and other ritual tools, and collaborations with visual artists. As artists, we are always learning, experimenting, and exploring new techniques and new materials.

We have grown tremendously over the past few years, but our core values have not changed; we still take great pride in creating high-quality original art at affordable prices while providing outstanding customer service. Simply put, we love what we do.

Wyrding Studios presently occupies one entire floor of Kythryne and Amy's home in Concord, New Hampshire, and is threatening to take over the rest of the house. We plan to open a retail shop in the Concord area within the next three years.

Not enough detail for you? Here, have some random trivia and pictures and stuff.

Kythryne Aisling

Job Title: Executive Wirebender
Former Occupations: folk musician, health food store manager, underpaid office wench, mostly incompetent computer tech, and wrangler of hyperactive gay boys.
Hobbies: cooking complicated and often unpronounceable foods, throwing paint at canvas, collecting shiny things.
Collections: tarot decks, tattoos, loose tea, books, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab perfume oils, LUSH bath products, stripy socks.
Bad habits: wasting time on the internet, staying up too late reading fanfic, falling down.
Favorite haunts: the library, New York City, and any place that sells shiny objects.
Pet peeves: off-key singing, small yappy dogs, badly drilled beads, and misplaced apostrophes.

Amy Linari

Job Title: Official Button Pusher
Hobbies: taking things apart to see how they work, acting as the devil's advocate, confusing people.
Favorite operating system: OSX.
Years of Programming Experience: 20
Age: 26.
Current project not involving computers: learning to play the cello
Is fascinated by: information and knowledge, things that are purple, the cat's ability to control gravity.
Dislikes: broccoli, turquoise, taking out the trash.
Gender: subject to change.

Kate Holly-Clark

Job Title: Designer of Gobsmackingly Big Things
In her other life: owner of Antika Nueva.
Pets: three cats, one husband.
Exceedingly fond of: cats, outrageous jewelry, movies with big explosions.
Hobbies: making stuff from other stuff, being a thrifty Yank, kitchen chemistry experiments.
Best known for: towing a car with jewelry wire.
Largest piece of jewelry to date: A necklace so big it required counterweights.

Erin McCauley

Job Title: Official Wonderland Artist
In her other life: paints shiny things at Phantomwise.
Greatly enjoys: books, tea, sushi, red wine, and talking about herself in third person.
Collections: tarot decks, kittens, shiny things.

Maggie

Job Title: Ineffective Watchdog
Pet peeves: the laser dot, having fur.
Favorite things: the laser dot, anything that can fit in her mouth.
Most impressive skill: completely destroying toys intended for dogs four times her size.

Mischief

Job Title: Village Idiot
Hobbies: eating, staring vacantly, sleeping, falling down.
Best known For: dislocating his kneecap in a freak accident.
Should have been a warning sign: His first vet bill came to $666.

Trouble (b. 1997 - d. 2008)

Job Title: Nine Pounds of Sheer Evil
Hobbies: controlling gravity, glaring condescendingly, smacking the dog.
Pet peeves: the dog, KaLea, being told what to do.
Favorite way of expressing affection: biting.

Slippers and Mittens

Job Title: Insolent Weasels
Hobbies: Nose-sucking, busting $#!& up, inspecting empty boxes.
Other Skills: Can double as alarm clocks, assuming you want to wake up at 4:45 every morning.

Photo of Amy by Heather Corinna, used by permission.