{"id":45838,"date":"2021-09-29T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=45838"},"modified":"2021-09-27T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:29:44","slug":"feature-artist-linda-caristo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/feature-artist-linda-caristo\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Artist: Linda Caristo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_45813\" style=\"width: 1102px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45813\" class=\"wp-image-45813 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Caristo\" width=\"1092\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689-1024x470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FeatureArtist-Combo-1-copy-e1632763405689-810x372.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Clockwise from left) Luna Moth Brooch, Tiger Swallow Brooch, Caribbean Dreaming and Bee Brooch. Linda Caristo, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Emma Castleberry<\/p>\n<p>A native of Western North Carolina with family roots going back to the 17th century, Linda Caristo has been making unique art jewelry for more than 30 years\u2014but getting there wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cFrom my earliest memories of childhood I loved creating things,\u201d she says. Her grandparents operated an inn in Edneyville called The Bee Hive, open during the summer. Visitors from all along the east coast would visit and many would participate in arts and crafts during their stay. \u201cI loved to watch and learn from them,\u201d Linda says. \u201cAuthentic mountain culture was alive back then. If you needed something, you made it: clothes, quilts, furniture. All of these cherished memories definitely had an impact on my desire to be an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45840\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45840\" class=\"wp-image-45840\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Caristo\" width=\"400\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy-810x899.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Linda-Caristo-artist-copy-1140x1265.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Caristo, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During high school and college in the 1970s, Linda grew away from her art thanks to the conventional attitude of parents and teachers in that era: \u201cYou can\u2019t make a living with art.\u201d She entered the corporate world instead. \u201cThose were very dark and dreary days for me,\u201d she says. \u201cI was lost and very unhappy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then suddenly, Linda started dreaming about jewelry\u2014vivid, repetitive dreams of finding vintage jewelry in an abandoned house or nestled in the dirt of a country road. \u201cI dreamed that I was walking in the middle of a mountain stream and seeing jewelry beneath the water,\u201d she says. \u201cI dreamed of swimming in money. All of this had to have a meaning.\u201d She signed up for a beginning jewelry class at a community center \u201cand the rest was history,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Linda kept up her corporate career but came home to the release of her jewelry workshop. She studied with master jewelers and started to win awards and gain recognition for her work, much of which is inspired by the Art Nouveau era. She was always drawn to plique-\u00e0-jour, a technique that uses glass enamel to create a stained glass effect. The technique is particularly difficult to apply to jewelry because the glass enamel is either thin and breakable or too heavy for daily wear.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a plique-\u00e0-jour class with a Russian artist and learning to make bowls, Linda was bound and determined to apply the technique to her jewelry art. After some trial and error, she figured out how to create the same effect using resin instead of glass enamel, which provided additional strength while keeping the jewelry lightweight. \u201cThese pieces are more durable and can be worn without the fear of breakage,\u201d Linda says. \u201cThey are all designed to catch the light so that the translucent colors can be seen while wearing the pieces. An old art form has been made new.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45812\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45812\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45812\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy-810x395.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Feature-Artist_-Linda-Caristo-Reflections-butterfly-brooch_pendant.-Linda-Caristo-artist.-Photo-by-Tim-Barnwell-Photography-copy-1140x556.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflections brooch. Linda Caristo, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Linda left the corporate world and moved back home to the mountains, where she met and married her husband Carl Caristo. They purchased land in Fairview and built a home and studio. She is now a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and she and Carl regularly travel to art shows across the country. \u201cI don\u2019t necessarily regret the time I spent in the corporate world,\u201d she says. \u201cBut in the solitude of the mountains you learn so much. You take the time to observe nature\u2019s artistry: the details in the flowers, leaves, butterflies and other insects. My work is highly influenced by this beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While she wouldn\u2019t say she\u2019s swimming in money, Linda still thinks all of her dreams came true. \u201cI will continue to design and create and be influenced by the greatest artist of all, God our creator,\u201d she says. \u201cI hope that those who purchase my pieces will feel the peace and dedication of my work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/CaristoJewelry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CaristoJewelry.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A native of Western North Carolina with family roots going back to the 17th century, Linda Caristo has been making unique art jewelry for more than 30 years\u2014but getting there wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cFrom my earliest memories of childhood I loved creating things,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":45812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-fashion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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