Gretchen Born's metal studio is located outside Atlanta, GA.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Metalsmithing from the University of Georgia and has been working with metal and jewelry for approximately 6 years. 

She trained with a professional blacksmith for 2 years and began to make small scale furniture and sculpture in additional to fine jewelry. 

Her most recent concentration in jewelry and other small pieces is Mokume Gane, which stems from her love of the use of exotic and unique materials in metal.  She has also created pieces with Shagreen (stingray or shark skin), dinosaur fossils, sea glass and colored diamonds.