Wokowicz with the tools she uses to sculpt her jewelry forms in wax, which she then takes to a local foundry to be cast in brass, bronze, or silver. Before she began collaborating with Lauigan on the necklaces, she was making metal rings inset with crystals — one of which she’s wearing in this photo — on her own. “I’m interested now in making larger art objects to be cast in metal,” she says.