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Jill Schwartz Artist and Designer
Owner of Elements Jill Schwarts
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Elements
Jill Schwartz
The jewelry, frames, and photo albums that
Elements Jill Schwartz designs, are a natural synthesis of her
training as a graphic designer and an interior designer. They
incorporate her love and knowledge of ancient and ethnic arts. She
uses wonderfully balanced collage and assemblages.
It might be said that Jill Schwartz has
design in her blood. She is the daughter of two designers, one a
graphic designer the other an interior designer. With such creative
parents, an appreciation of art was one of the cornerstones of her
upbringing. Her fascination with jewelry was evident at an early age.
She was forbidden to have pierced ears until the age of sixteen. So
at three years old, she resorted to gluing beads to her earlobes.
Like her jewelry, Schwartz's talents
combine different elements. She has an undergraduate degree in
interior design from Cornell University and studied for a master's
degree in graphic design at Pratt Institute. It was this schooling
along with her trip to Europe that afforded her the confidence to
start her own business. Jill managed to travel throughout Europe
making and selling jewelry as she went. Each sale allowed her to
extend her trip a bit longer. Her original plans for two months of
travel were extended to one year. She only returned to begin her
master's degree. Never forgetting her love of jewelry, she continued
to design and sell her wares to pay the bills. Her jewelry business
began to prosper, requiring full time attention . . . and so Elements
was born.
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