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About Koko
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Koko first started making jewelry as a hobby during high school. It was not until years later, after attending Columbia University in New York City with a major in Political Science and Economics, did Koko begin to seriously pursue a career in jewelry while at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
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Von Kuhn Collection Presents
Imported from Paris, France, Von Kuhn presents "Fantasie" or Costume jewelry created by Thelma, a private atelier. All pieces in this collection are made of pewter and copper metal with beads of crystal and glass.
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About Olia Toporovsky
As a little girl in the former Soviet Union, Olia was introduced to creating jewelry during a beading class she loved. Shortly thereafter, however, her family moved to United States and the beads stopped being a priority. She needed to learn English and adjust to a new culture.
Many years later, she found herself working at a Wall Street firm as a financial analyst. As is the immigrant tradition, she had followed a path towards a conventional profession. This brought her neither joy nor creative satisfaction.
Today Olia's designs are being carried by over 30 stores. Her business is flourishing and so is her creativity.
On her path towards creating her line of jewelry, Olia became a certified Reiki instructor.
This seemingly unrelated field has had a great impact on her designs. Reiki teaches that each object, person and element has a certain vibration and while we do not perceive these vibrations, they do impact us. Using semi-precious stones, sterling silver and gold, Olia invokes the principles of Reiki to imbue her jewelry with positive energy. She clears the stones and uses Reiki symbols to enhance the energy of her jewelry so each piece will transfer its positive attributes to the wearer. As a result, each piece of the Olia collection is an original with its own spirit and personality. Olga adds, "I intend for my jewelry to be a source of love, happiness and beauty for me and for the people who wear it."
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Olia Designs Collections
Olia Designs is all about love and happiness.
The intention of Olia Designs is to manifest love and happiness in my life every day and in the lives of people around me. The jewelry is the vessel for this intention of positive energy. It is a means of transferring this energy to people wearing the jewelry. I also use reiki to imbue the jewelry with love, abundance and peace. I know it sounds ambitious but it has been working so far.
"... all work is empty save when there is love;
And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God."
-The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Visit the Olia Designs Collections
All chains are Gold Filled unless specified otherwise.
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