Kai Hill was a Junior artist in resident at Silverworks Studios in Glen Echo MD in Highschool. She graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art from the Colorado College, where she taught jewelry making in the Arts and Crafts department as an undergraduate. She studied with Tom Muir at Arrowmont School of arts and crafts, and Arthur Hash and Elliot Clapp at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft. She also studied stone setting under Blaine Lewis at the New Approach School for Jewelers. Her work has been shown in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts center, the Snag JAMS 2018 publication, and the Schwa National Juried exhibition in Greenville NC. Kai currently works part-time alongside Ken Weston at Hamilton Hill Jewelry as a designer/goldsmith, and teaches stone setting classes at OQZO Metalsmith in Hillsborough NC.
Durhan, NC
United States
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Kaila helping Bryan prepare vinyl letter during a show installation.
Resident Updates
Accepted to College
At the conclusion of her residency at SilverWorks, Kaila was accepted to Pratt and Colorado College. She ultimately chose Colorado
Ongoing successes
Kai went on to found the Metals program at Colorado College graduating with Distinction in Art: Art Studio, and now owns Kai Hill Metalsmithing.