Shelly Culea

Mequon, Wisconsin United States

Jeweler, Goldsmith, Silversmith

Apparel / Fashion

With more than three decades of experience in jewelry and gold and silver working, Shelly Culea maintains her own Mequon, Wisconsin, commission-based studio. She regularly creates wedding rings and other custom jewelry, also undertaking sterling silver hollowware pieces that encompass silverware, teaspoon sets, butter dishes, candle holders, and wine caddies. Shelly Culea additionally sculpts in clay, producing busts of individuals that are subsequently cast in bronze. Ms. Culea graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry and Silversmithing.