G. Simmons Jewelry

G Simmons has been creating jewelry for 40 years. Always with metals and beads, gemstones, torches, pliers, needles and thread, hammers, saws, glass, crystal and all types of wire. Constructing jewelry is G's happy place.

All G. Simmons Jewelry is handmade with beads from Japan and the Czech Republic. Some pieces include gemstones or hand wrapped wire elements. Some pieces are designed by other artists and some are of her own design. 

G is a unicorn - a Nashville native! A true local, G has been in the Nashville area most of her life. Attending high school in Green Hills and selling beaded jewelry on 2nd Avenue and Music Row in the 1980's. Then she had a family and took a not-so-brief hiatus from making jewelry to raise two children.

In 2010, G went to the Middle Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society's jewelry school in Donelson, TN. Silversmithing, lapidary, casting and chainmaille were her favorites. Eventually she began assisting various instructors and then taught some classes on her own. While she enjoyed the metalsmithing, she lacks a safe space to play with fire at home.

Now G creates intricate beaded pieces. Even though the beads are tiny, she claims that this is a very "zen" activity for her. She is a multi-crafter, also enjoying fiber arts (knitting and crochet), building Lego creations, and cooking.