Chris Van Dyke

Asheville jewelry artist Chris Van Dyke jokes that his initiation into the craft was a “trial by fire” due to his father’s unyielding standards. “In truth,” says Chris, “it was the path of least resistance. I saw the trade as an opportunity to get away from working at the local lumber mill which was, at best, an endless opportunity to hump wood around.” And so began Chris’s apprenticeship with his father at his jewelry shop in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. “I knew within two weeks of sitting at the bench ... read full article