Meet Made Design Jewelry
Bobo from Made Design Jewelry
What about your background inspired your work?
I come from a family of designers. My mom is 80 years old & is a master seamstress. My dad, bless his heart, passed away around 18 years ago. He was a furniture designer, drawing artist and jewelry maker.
Who/what are your biggest artistic influences?
My influences are my team of designers that work for Made Design Jewelry & my Mom, along with traveling the world.
How do you define success as an artist?
I define success as making our own designs & not following trends. Also, we are now being sold in 15 department stores in Japan. Japan is the most difficult market to sell to, so that speaks to our creativity and quality.
What is the hardest part of your process?
Keeping up with the orders. We have thousands of designs we create & it is very difficult to keep up with all the requests & orders from our retail/wholesale accounts.
How has your style changed over time?
Designs have changed where we are more free, using more up-cycled materials & creating jewelry sewn onto clothing/accessories like hats.
Triple Drop Australian Opal on GoldFilled Threader Earrings
What’s your favorite item that you’ve created?
Our triple drop Australian Opal on GoldFilled threaders.
Can’t wait to see those in person! What do you love most about Pasadena?
We love the people, and the park in Pasadena is peaceful.
We love that Central Park is our home in Pasadena! And finally, is there anything special that you would like to share?
We are having a special at Jackalope - we sell wholesale to the public for the two days. Outside of the market, wholesale is only sold to retail stores. We have solid 14k Gold starting at $24 and we have a large section offering one item at $25 & 4 items for $45. That includes some GoldFilled items & 9.25 Silver.
Catch Made Design Jewelry on November 18 & 19th at Jackalope Pasadena!
Web: www.madedesignjewelry.com
Instagram: @madedesignjewelry
