09/04/2026
First Fridays at Minnie’s | September 4
This Friday at Minnies brings a new maker to the bar - Natalie Piteo, our Featured Artist for September.
By day, Natalie is a full-time registered nurse. Off the clock, she’s a self-taught silversmith, working out of her own studio in Bend and teaching herself the craft one piece at a time - shaping metal and setting each stone by hand.
Her work starts with the gemstone, not the design. Every natural stone is different, and to Natalie, each one seems to suggest its own shape. What she builds around it feels grounded and intentional. Jewelry that looks like it grew there, pulled from time spent outside - the high desert, mountain light, the quiet colors of Oregon’s open spaces.
Meet Natalie and see the collection in person this Friday at The Westman.