Heather Bayless completed her BFA in graphic design and metalwork at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and moved to Seoul, Korea to receive her MFA at Kookmin University with the help of a Fulbright Research Grant. She is currently an instructor at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Her jewelry and tableware has been shown in exhibitions throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, has been published in several of Lark Crafts’ 500 Series books, and was featured in a cover article in Ornament magazine. She has also received several major awards, twice receiving a Saul Bell Design Award and in 2009 her work earned First Prize out of 3,500 designers for the Massimo Martini Design Award, “Beyond Silver”