Nancy Raasch

For over thirty years, NANCY RAASCH, has been designing in the Chapel Hill (NC) area. Her aesthetic is influenced by nature and re-purposing. Raasch crafts jewelry using unremarkable scraps of corrugated cardboard, green packing material, papier mache, bits of wire, and renders them into unexpected creative wear. Each piece is unique and is a clash of the mundane and the precious. She hails from the west coast and graduated from University of California at Davis. Her career began as a book designer in Palo Alto, CA. A move to the east coast, led her to use her creative talent designing and managing print, radio and television advertising campaigns for national clients. Raasch Design was born in 1996. Since that time, she has created award winning Addy, PICA and Maxi campaigns for a myriad of clients. Raasch’s passion and curiosity has inspired her to pursue many mediums of art including metal working, pottery, ikebana, basket weaving with natural materials, and painting. Her hands on experienc