Judith Klein hangs out on street corners, at busy intersections and auto body shops, in breakdown lanes and motorcycle graveyards, collecting small pieces of metal that have fallen off speeding cars. She then treats the metal before combining pieces and adding glass beads and semi-precious stones (mostly fire opals from Mexico) to create one-of-a-kind brooches, bolas and lavalieres.

Her favorite haunts? Route 128 in her hometown of Beverly, MA, the intersection of Routes 133 and 1, the lower East Side of New York, Maurice Avenue in Queens, and the street in front of Bagel World in Danvers, MA. “It’s a risky business,” she admits, “but someone’s got to do it.”

UPCOMING FAIRS

Providence Open Market
Lippett Park, corner of Hope St. and Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Artists in the Open
4 Allen Street, Newburyport, MA
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunrday, June 14, 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arts Fest Beverly
Cabot Street, Beverly, MA
Saturday, June 20, 2009
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wenham Museum Outdoor Fair
132 Main Street, Wenham, MA
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Artists in the Country
52 County Road, West Woodstock, CT
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.