About Our Jewelry

Judi Wild started wire wrapping in 2007 and currently teaches classes in Wire Wrapping and Polymer Clay at William Holland Lapidary School. Since 2007, she has attended William Holland twice a year since and taken additional classes to further refine her wire wrapping techniques. Judi has trained with some the best wire artists at William Holland including Sue Rowand, Diane Mason, and Dawn Thornton. She has also taken a number of chain and silver classes with John Fetvedt, Howard Siegel, Case Leeser and Jim Richardson. Since 2008, Judi has been teaching at local bead stores, bead shows, and all-day retreats, as well as providing numerous programs for her local bead society. She is the co-founder and past president of the Greater Birmingham Bead Society and a member of the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society. Judi and her husband, John, a William Holland Cabochon instructor, live in Boaz, AL with a couple of rescue Yorkies who travel well and think they rule the household.

John Wild was inspired to become involved in the lapidary world by his wife Judi, a Wire Wrapping and Polymer Clay instructor at William Holland Lapidary School. After several years of accompanying her to the School, he eventually took a class in cabochons and was instantly bitten by the bug. John is a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Accounting. He lives In Birmingham where his company supplies nylon webbings, cords and other components to the textile industry. In addition to cabochons, he enjoys silversmithing and learning other lapidary skills. He makes cabs for his wife to use in her wire wrapping and sells his designs at various rock, gem, and jewelry shows, as well as on Facebook at Wild River Cabochons. He is a member of the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society and has served as both President and Vice President. John also makes custom and unique rings from US Silver and foreign coins from size 1 to 16.