Claire Sanford is a metalsmith and jeweler and a partner of Top Dog Studio with her husband, Charles Crowley.  Claire received her BFA from California College of the Arts and Crafts in Oakland and did graduate studies at San Diego State University and Boston University's Program in Artisanry.  She has work in the permanent collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Arkansas Art Center and has received several grants, including a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship.  She is a Life Trustee of Haystack School in Deer Isle, Maine and served on the boards of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston and Waring School in Beverly, MA.