Meet the Artist

Eli Betchik is a jeweler obsessed with invertebrates. Through her work in silver, gold, copper, gemstones, and the occasional dead bug body part she explores the forms of insects, arachnids, myriapods, and annelids. Betchik graduated with a degree in Jewelry and Metalworking from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2021 and has shown work in various gallery shows around the northeast Ohio Area. Aside from bugs, Betchik takes inspiration from various natural and/or macabre sources including mold, Victorian mourning jewelry, and lichen.