An enthusiastic traveler, with an adventurous spirit, Ellie Thompson is influenced by worlds both natural and modern. Her diverse jewelry designs express both the linear, geometric world of her urban experience, while other collections highlight her love of nature. Thompson has won numerous awards for her innovative use of precious gemstones and metals. She has earned the prestigious Spectrum Award three times, the American Vision Award twice and won the American Jewelry Design Council's New Talent Competition. Her work is featured in the Grainger Hall of Gems at The Field Museum in Chicago and in Great Falls, Montana, her sterling silver belt buckles have been exhibited the C.M. Russell Museum. Currently, her Hydrangeas in Gold Bracelet is featured in the Chicago Collects: Perspectives in Jewelry at the Driehaus Museum. Her Roscoe Village shop on Chicago’s north side, features her beautiful gem-set fine jewelry featuring precious metals and unusual stones from mysterious gray spinels to vibrant magenta tourmalines with sparkling diamonds. An avid mountain biker, and skier, Ellie Thompson calls both Chicago and Montana home.