THE OWNERS

Mina Allen

Jewellery Designer & Gemmologist (FCGmA)

Mina has over 30 years working with the public & interacting with people from all walks of life. She believes in the imagination by bringing jewellery concepts & ideas to life.

She worked for the bank in downtown Toronto, owned a jewellery store in Mexico, worked for non-profit organisations, charities, managed retail stores, & went to College to get her 2 diplomas in Jewellery (Goldsmith) & Gemmology.  MW Artists was the dream.

It is a place where people can trust their family heirloom is being cared for, respected & see the making process of their jewellery design.  Made personal for their celebration in life.

William Allen

Ceramic Artist

William began throwing clay on the wheel at 12.  He received a diploma from George Brown College in Commercial Ceramics in 1985.  Over the years he created functional tableware to abstract sculpture with and without the wheel included modeling, drying and firing larger sculptures in the forms of animals and people.  

William has taught pottery and sculpture to hundreds of people in his native city of Toronto.

He was also a taxi driver in Toronto for five years, a drywall taper for fifteen years and a bus / subway operator for the TTC for ten years.  In January 2019, Mina and William opened a place of refuge for artists who want to explore and improve their skills and knowledge.  It’s called MW ARTISTS.