Art has nearly always been a part of Liz Long’s life. She says she was fortunate to attend a high school in the Chicago area that had a strong art program and she learned to make jewelry there.
She studied painting and fine art at Illinois State and continued creating throughout her adult life, serving as the creative side of the family’s sign business.
“We had it for 30 years and I was the graphic designer and the bookkeeper and customer service, that kind of thing,” she says.
“Then when we got divorced, I had to switch.”
She moved to Chattanooga and started StoneLink Designs and began making jewelry in earnest and sold her work at a variety of events and festivals in the area before finding a permanent home at the Chattanooga Market.