Handcrafted, natural jewelry as authentic and colorful as the people in your life. 

Hi! My Name’s Jenny Hoople,
and My Business is Authentic Arts.

I design natural stone jewelry handmade by me (Jenny Hoople) in Beloit, Wisconsin near Madison. I also offer my own job’s tears seeds (home grown) for beading and some natural gemstone jewelry.

Why all natural materials? 

Because I’m passionate about living as close to the source, to authenticity, as possible.  The closer we get to the real, the more fulfilling our experiences and our lives, whether it be through a home-baked cherry pie that you made with cherries from your own cherry tree or through a genuine amethyst and homegrown job’s tear seed necklace that was hand knotted on silk by a careful craftsperson who likes bunnies.  All of these authentic experiences combine to create a life of fulfillment and joy!

Why Authentic Arts?

 The whole passionate driving force behind my business is authenticity.  I feel that the closer we get to authenticity, the more meaningful and fulfilling our life experience becomes.  Real gemstones carry a geologic history that you can’t feel from manufactured glass beads. The natural pebbles in my Rock Collection necklaces share that geologic history, but kick the fulfillment factor up a notch because I get them from a fellow handmade artisan.  The pebbles carry the meaning that their natural history gave them and my purchasing them helps to support another authentic, handmade lifestyle.  Then there’s the magic of my own, home grown job’s tears beads which comes not only from the fact that they’re a beautiful natural seed, but also from my experience in growing them and from their thousands of years of ancestral experience in being used as rosary beads, beads for African shaker gourds and as a grain crop!  I’m ridiculously interested in exploring the reasons why these natural materials create this greater sense of fulfillment and I’m passionate about sharing that sense of fulfillment and meaning with others. See my photo-blogged Definition of Authenticity here.

Natural Stone Jewelry – Beaded Gemstone Jewelry

The natural stone jewelry is made with real river rocks.  Some of which I buy from fellow handmade artisans and some of which I collect and drill myself!  Unique natural stone jewelry has a special appeal to me. I’ve always been the sort to pick up interesting stones and carry them home with me, so much so that I minored in Geology in college!  Most of my beaded gemstone necklaces are hand knotted on silk cord, a fading historical art. I grow the Job’s tears seeds in my own garden,which is in fact what began Authentic Arts in the first place. 

 What’s with the Bunny Logo?

That’s because of Pisky!  She was our faithful house bunny for 7 laff-filled years  I’ve never felt so close to a pet as I was to Pisky, she was really something!!  See more pictures and read more about our little helper here.