About Tonya Butcher Designs

I am captivated by the wonder and beauty of nature. In love with a sunset and enamored by a butterfly. My goal is to capture the eye and draw it into the many layers of enamel, wire and gold. Inviting the viewer to explore the story that is being told by my cloisonné. Using traditional techniques of bending wire to tell a story, I inject 22k gold into the layers of beautiful vitreous enamel, drawing the eye in and through the enamel to the sparkle of the fine silver beneath the glass. My hope is to provoke one to look a little deeper the next time they cross paths with a butterfly or a sunset. Nothing compliments my work better than a marriage of natural gemstones and pearls.Read their story