My very best friend moved toOakland, Californiamany months ago....I would count the months, the days, the hours,but I can't.I can count on one finger how many peoplehave changed my lifeas much as this person has,and still does, everyday, even though she is nolonger here,in New York City,with me.This is her work since she left,as beautiful and delicate as ever,the same and so different from her.She is the strongest person I have ever met,and if you meet her,or even wear her work, you will feel that strength,and realize that life and loveare as delicate and beautiful as a string of stones:they are strong as you make them,yet as delicate in your grasp as the wind....
Rise Jewelryhas risen again, stronger, even more beautifuland right where it belongs,among the beauty, the wildness and weirdness of Oakland....More Rise Jewelryhereandhere.