Bill Fedoriuk was raised in Toronto's Kensington area. An inner city kid with a passion for nature and art, he moved to British Columbia in 1978. Living in many of B.C's rural artistic communities, his childhood intrigue with rocks, minerals and fossils led him in learning to cut and polish semi-precious stones. Bill worked with a costume jewellery manufacturer on Vancouver's Granville Island. In 1988 he studied with west coast silversmith Albert Aube. Bill has since created a jewellery style that is reminicent of many antiquated styles throughout history. His jewellery has been described as Medieval, Celtic and Victorian and most recently art noveau but his style is inherently his own drawing on the "...collective memory bank of jewellery design down through the ages".

Bill promotes his work on the summer and christmas craft fair circuit as well as at a number of galleries and gift stores in Vancouver, Victoria and the Gulf Islands. Comments & enquiries can be emailed to bill@hawknowl.com