Todd Hawkinson is a jewelry historian, educator, and jewelry maker. He started jewelry making in 1970. He apprenticed under both Ray Grobe and Robert Burke. As an educator, Todd was the head of the Jewelry Manufacturing & Repair Program at both the Minneapolis Community & Technical College and the Southeast Technical College in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Currently he teaches at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais Minnesota. With a workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota he continues to produce and reintroduce history-inspired jewelry with a specialty of the Language of Flowers.