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local jewelry
SARAH PAULI
Red jade necklace with varying sterling silver chains by Sarah Pauli.
  January 22, 2007
Seattle jewelry designers
The Seattle area is home to a treasure trove of jewelry designers. You'll find their work throughout the city – at boutiques, private studios, festivals and flea markets.

Roundtree & Richardson
Roundtree & Richardson designs three lines: Vintage Vixen incorporates vintage jewelry, Lasa Luxe is modern and sassy and the Roundtree & Richardson Collection is couture jewelry.

Christa Hope
Christa Hope's line is stylishly classic. Her feminine jewelry sparkles with fine, carefully selected stones.

Leilani Jensen Jewelry
Leilani Jensen Jewelry is made from hand-cast art glass set in sterling silver. The look is simple, bold and chunky with lush and vivid color.

Regina Chang Fine Accessories
Regina Chang's contemporary designs are handcrafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces with a classic twist. The strength of her simple designs lies in her use of eye-catching stones.

Schwa Designs
Schwa Designs features richly toned gems combined in unusual and striking ways. Each piece is a kaleidoscope of color and texture.

Maria's Designs
Maria Carter intricately wraps and weaves gleaming gemstones, gold wire and 24-karat gold beads to create delicately detailed pieces of art. Her work is a harmonious combination of ancient aesthetics with clean, modern execution.

Sophie Gardner Jewelry
Sophie Gardner's designs range from rings featuring intricate patterns influenced by Moorish architecture to sweet love birds transposed over a heart. Her designs are especially beautiful in gold.

Smersh Design
The creative use of pigmented concrete, freshwater pearls and cork makes Frances Smersh's contemporary jewelry a standout.

Magnotti Design
Bruce Magnotti designs custom, one-of-a-kind rings. The stunning semi-precious and precious stone cocktail rings range from 5 to 40 carats. Most rings feature hand-cut and polished estate stones set into vintage and new settings. Magnotti recently introduced men's rings into his collection.

Jill Renae
Jill Renae Andersen's hand-bent sterling silver and gold jewelry comes in geometric and organic shapes. The bold, solid pieces find balance between masculine and feminine design. The simple design complements any piece in your wardrobe.

Sarah Pauli
Sarah Pauli's attraction to ancient adornment is inspirational. She transforms natural materials into wearable jewelry, letting the materials determine the piece. Some have a flowing, watery look while others look unearthed or ancient.

Iris Guy Sopher
Designer Iris Guy Sopher combines techniques and textures to produce unusual jewelry featuring ethereal and moody colors, crocheted silver, and organic elements such as black coral branches.

Erin Jane Designs
Erin Jane Seitz is inspired by the transformational quality of jewelry. "I love how jewelry can change your identity - sassy one moment or a demure princess the next."

Nev & Lia
Jill Corriveau creates wearable art for modern women. Pieces frequently incorporate inspirational, whimsical or endearing words and messages.

San Damián Collection
Damien Brown pays heed to the metaphysical and healing properties of stones. He has two lines: His Couture line features pendants of one-of-a-kind stones captured within sterling silver and suspended on a double leather choker or sterling silver chain. The Street line features colorful fused glass that refracts light for an ever-changing look.

Cleo Wolfus Designs
Designer Cleo Wolfus has two lines. The first is a collection of cuffs, bracelets and collars hand-cut from deerskin and then meticulously beaded by hand with crystals or semi-precious stones. She describes her style as "glamorous kitsch of the French 1960s to very tribal." She also designs necklaces and earrings from natural stones, coral and pearls.

Jennifer Bauser
Jennifer Bauser's jewelry is artistic, sculptural and modern. Freshwater pearls soften the industrial vibe of the metalwork on her modern bracelets and necklaces.

Birna Jewelry
Signature shell-like shapes and multiple circles and chain make up the designs of Birna Sigurbjornsdottir. The result is organic jewelry with lots of movement. She adds freshwater pearls and semi-precious stones for extra color and sparkle.

StrawBarry Design
Jaida Kimmerer's sparkly creations demand attention and add a bit of glamour to any outfit.

Kimberly Baker jewelry
Kimberly Baker's jewelry has always been a little bit girly and a lotta rock 'n' roll. The local designer is known for sweet and punky designs that feature bunnies and guns, hearts and daggers, and cherry blossoms and grenades.

Tina Negri
Tina Negri's jewelry is a little bit goth and a little bit punk. The designs began at an antique show where Negri spied a vintage plastic skull - originally a Cracker Jack prize. She was inspired to cast the tiny, smiling skull in sterling silver.