Daphne Gould, who has degrees in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art, is torn between two different worlds: the sciences and the arts. While most people would just get a job in engineering and do a craft as a hobby, Daphne could never do anything half way. Beadwork has been her obsession since 2002.

She finds that off loom bead weaving, which occupies her for 60 hours a week, is very meditative. She creates pieces in two different ways. The first is representational—she reproduces life experiences, such as snorkeling trip in the Caribbean, in a piece of jewelry. The second way is to start with a stone or string of stones, and emphasize the beauty and color of the stone itself. Daphne does not plan such pieces in advance, but lets it grow organically. Sometimes it ends up simple and sometimes much more complicated.

Daphne Gould works out of her studio in Winchester, Massachusetts.