This second installment of our 2013 Sawdust Artist Series features long-time Laguna Beach metalsmith David Nelson. Nelson has been creating and exhibiting his custom gold and silver jewelry in the Sawdust Art Festival since he was 17 years old, and will be in his 45th show this summer. The gift of serving others and seeing the joy that his pieces bring to others’ lives is what keeps Nelson inspired each year. Watch him in his studio sharing pieces of his artistic process and explaining in his own words what it means to be an artist.