Donna Meistrich

She worked in advertising and designing products as an independent designer. She worked on accounts like Harley-Davidson and Rolling Stone magazine. After leaving advertising to make jewelry professionally, she continued her education at the College of Marin.

Meistrich was commissioned to design a custom ring for Jim Carrey to wear in The Truman Show. She also built a dolphin ring that was used in the movie Independence Day. She created the "mesmerizer" and various spider props in the movie Wild Wild West with Will Smith.

In 1987, Meistrichbegan developing the concept of Tacky People through her jewelry and through her figurine design. In 1978, she met Terry Blumberg at a drawing class at City College of San Francisco. The duo became friends and began collaborating on the "Tacky People" cartoon in 1988.

Donna Meistrich living on Maui 2023 but continues to work in various media including wax, clay, wood, plaster, stone and cast paper. She has made master models for snow villages, porcelain objects, dolls, toys and gifts. Donna volunteers every year at the Italian Street Painting Festival creating 8'x6' chalk drawings since 1994.^[1]