Becky Thatcher finds inspiration for her jewelry designs in the beauty of the remote location of her studio on the edge of Sleeping Bear Dunes overlooking Lake Michigan. She paints these land and seascapes with a palette of unusual colored gemstones: boulder opal, chrysoprase, chrysocolla, tanzanite, sapphire, topaz and many more set in gold, platinum and silver.

Becky and her family gather Petoskey stones from the beaches for carving into bear, turtle, and frog figures, as well as for beads and cabochons for her jewelry. Her beaded necklaces capture the lore and imagery of the water, the beaches, the sky, and the many forms of wildlife.

Her work is available through her Becky Thatcher Designs shops in Glen Arbor and Leland, Michigan as well as Key West, Florida. Her jewelry is on display in many art museum shops and fine art galleries: Muskegon Art Museum, Toledo Museum of Art, Leland Historical Museum, Topaz Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, Linda Richmond Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Jewel in Bend, Oregon, QUARTERS Q2 in Harbor Springs, Michigan and The Painted Bird in Suttons Bay, Michigan.

Petoskey Stones