JUDITH GREIF DESIGNS

Inspiration for my contemporary fashion jewelry designs comes from a synthesis of my training as a designer and from my love of nature. My training as an architect allows me to create a multitude of forms and shapes. When assembled, these beaded beads become the building blocks that I use to make my jewelry designs. Nature, with its array of color, texture and variety, inspires the core response of my work... My work as a painter and printmaker strengthens my ability to view my pieces as a composition; their shape, their balance and the space they occupy. Recognizing the importance of this information I transfer it to my jewelry making and ultimately to the wearer... My pieces are all custom handmade. No piece is ever exactly like another. Why is that? It is the challenge of making a new combination of beads, or colors or textures that excites me and advances my work. Sometimes this will take much trial and error and other times a new design will grow and develop naturally from..

Primary location: San Francisco United States