Kristin DeSantis & Marc Kriewaldt

It all started in a junkyard for Kristin DeSantis. At age 35, after working in front of a computer as a graphic artist for years, she was ready to get physical. In 1999, she bought her first piece of aluminum from a scrap yard and began teaching herself how to tame it. “I like pushing the limit of what can be done with this medium, keeping the viewer guessing about what they are looking at – is it silver, enamels, glass, ceramic?” Kristin is a contemporary metal and mixed-media artist, with the help from her husband Marc. Their studio is located high in the Rocky Mountains outside the small town of Allenspark, Colorado. Over the past 18 years they’ve created large wall and freestanding sculptures. The most recent 5 years they’ve devoted their time and energy developing their unique line of aluminum and resin jewelry. The artistic forms come from Kristin’s imagination and Marc’s engineering background brings the concepts to fruition.