Vanessa Walilko’s Creations have been seen in theatre productions.
Vanessa wrote us a letter.
“When I was at the show in October, I met a woman by the name of Dominique Dube. She saw my chainmaille clothing at the booth and she also attended my presentation about chainmaille clothing. After the presentation, she said that she was working with a theater production that would be interested in commissioning a couple of chainmaille tunics.
Those tunics were featured in the American Repertory Theater’s production of Pippin, which will be going to Broadway this March. None of that would have happened without the CreativFestival.”
Who is Vanessa Walilko?
Vanessa Walilko has been making meticulous pieces of jewelry most of her life. At age eight, she took a beaded jewelry class in the summer, and fell in love with putting together little beads in order to make whatever ideas she could dream up. She took a chainmaille class in 2006 and has linked over 100,000 jump rings ever since.
Pieces from Vanessa’s Urban Armor series have been featured in national exhibitions, including the 2010 Society of North American Goldsmiths’ “Exhibition in Motion” at the Museum of Fine Art in Houston, TX. Her pieces have also won international awards. Her chainmaille jacket won 2nd place in the Wirework category and the People’s Choice Award in the 2010 Bead Dreams competition. Her scalemail jacket won first place in the Wirework and Chain Maille Jewellery category of the 2010 British Bead Awards.
When Vanessa is not making jewelry, she can be found teaching jewelry making in Chicago or writing papers on critical theory.
Vanessa is teaching at Creativ Festival this fall. We are thrilled to have her at our show once again.