How Julyssa Rose turned Chicago into a jewelry box

There is something old-world and whimsical about a Chicago woman pulling beauty through fire and shaping metal into a precious animal, as if the act itself were part of a private mythology, using a gentle touch to coax something ethereal from the material. Julyssa Rose, a Latina artisanal metalsmith and a north sider, has built […] The post How Julyssa Rose turned Chicago into a jewelry box appeared first on Chicago Reader.