Jay Nicholas Whaley
Whaley Studios
San Diego, CA. USA
Starting in the lost wax casting process in 1968 in high school, I
continued studying jewelry making at Ariz. State Univ., doing
free-lance silversmithing to supppost myself through college. I began
teaching silversmithing in 1976 in Scottsdale, AZ, and in 1979,
moved to Maui, HI as a full time goldsmith and part time instructor
at an art school there. In Hawaii, we metalsmiths learned to make
our own metal stock with a rolling mill and drawplates, as getting
stock from the mainland was too expensive and slow. In 1980, I moved
to San Diego, CA, and in 1980, began as a jewelry instructor at
UCSD’s Craft Center, where I continue to teach. Currently I teach
classes, do custom work for clients and develop and market jewelry
making tools and products.