Eva Isztin Crits

Starkville, Mississippi

Guild Member since 2025

Born and raised in the village of Dombegyhaz, Hungary, I obtained a degree in Foreign Trade services and Industrial Engineering in Szeged Hungary that lead me to Equatorial Guinea where I met my husband Barry Crits and found a new home in Oktibbeha County, just outside of Starkville. Where we live, create art and raise our family.

I had been harboring a desire to make jewelry ever since seeing a wire wrapped arrowhead pendent. I draw inspiration for individual pieces of jewelry from the world around me. Flora, fauna, geology and natural history all of which provide what I need to create.

Joining wire and an arrowhead that is hundreds of years old, or a fossil that could be millions of years old, is one of the most exciting things I can think of. Thinking the person that carved the arrowhead, was it to provide substance for his family or to protect them. It provides a meaningful connection to the past.