Susanne Waraksa is a jewelry artist and a very proud Milwaukee Native. She has earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee where she started out as a drawing major. In an interesting mix of her studies there, she discovered some jewelry courses and was so enamored with the process and pieces that she pursued this passion and has been designing for clients ever since. Susanne has spent years perfecting her craft. She attended the Revere Academy of Jewelry arts in San Francisco and numerous other workshops by leading artists in the industry.

Susan considers herself a sculptor of small objects. Her Pieces have a lot of interplay between geometric planes and soft flowing forms, which create intensity and tension within her sculptural pieces. She works very intuitively, starting with an idea or quick sketch. She allows the process to determine the outcome of her pieces instead of premeditating their final stages. Diamonds, pearls and other precious stones are often incorporated into the process and delicately woven into the composition.

Everything has come full circle for Susanne. She is now working side by side with her son (Nick Waraksa), designing under the aesthetics of Wounded Line. Where, next to an intentional crack or break within the composition, there lies a delicate string of pearls or diamonds to symbolize how beauty can sometimes grow from weakness and embracing our vulnerabilities.