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Brian Meek

Owner/designer, Knew Concepts (precision jeweler's/metalsmith saw manufacturer, Santa Cruz/Bay Area, CA); also teaches metalsmithing workshops (e.g., Metalwerx). Formerly taught 12 years at Santa Barbara City College Adult-Ed jewelry program.
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1970, Ohio

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Brian Meek

Current role
Owner/designer, Knew Concepts (precision jeweler's/metalsmith saw manufacturer, Santa Cruz/Bay Area, CA); also teaches metalsmithing workshops (e.g., Metalwerx). Formerly taught 12 years at Santa Barbara City College Adult-Ed jewelry program.

Status
Active

Link
knewconcepts.com/about-knew-concepts.php

Training

UndergraduateSyracuse Universityuniversity art department · 1986 to 1990
BFA · instructor: Michael Jerry
UndergraduateCity of London Polytechnical · ?
none sought
GraduateCranbrook Academy of Artart & design college · 1992 to 1994
MFA · instructor: Gary Griffin

Lineage

Taught at
Montgomery College · 1994 to ?

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Sources

https://knewconcepts.com/about-knew-concepts.phphttps://www.knewconcepts.com/Changing-of-the-guard.phphttps://www.metalartsguildsf.org/member-of-the-month-archive/featuredmember2019/https://metalwerx.org/instructors/22389https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-meek-86a0b017/https://orchid.ganoksin.com/t/introducing-brian-meek/26770

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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