Jaw Dropping Jewelry - History + Industry

When I recently saw a friend adorned in Irene Wood's Bird of Paradise necklace (pictured below), I instantly fell in jewelry love.  Irene Wood is the artist and designer behind History + Industry, an innovative, bold, and color conscious (local!) jewelry line that I can't get enough of.  Her general aesthetic is inspired by a cross between the ancient world and function and utility.  

Wood's line, History + Industry is a contemporary homage to old world glamour and royalty.  She has a lovely artistic description of her "subtle statement necklaces" in this line as well as the woman who she pictures wearing them, stating that they "[...] are extensions of their owner's inner strength, confidence, power, and originality."  She explains that, "By creating a platform of self expression, it is my hope that whomever finds connection with a particular piece seeks to imbue it with her own personal mythology.  That the necklace in a sense carries the folklore of each woman.  I want her to put on a necklace, make it her own, and feel beautiful."  

And how could you not in these pieces?!

History + Industry Bird of Paradise Necklace - eye catching plumage for your decolletage!


History + Industry Isis Necklace - luminous, ethereal, and subtly powerful.


History + Industry Midas Necklace - this necklace definitely has the Midas touch.


History + Industry Once and Future Queen Necklace - statement of a necklace.

History + Industry Zelda Necklace - playful and precious, with a magical spark.


History + Industry Emerald Acres Necklace - cascading colors synchronized shape shifting.


History + Industry Eastern Bluebird - soft natural colors entrance the eye.


History + Industry Victoria Necklace - regal and demanding attention.


History + Industry Wilma's Rocks - Flintstone fancy.


History + Industry Pantomime Necklace - go bold and big and geometric.


History + Industry Sevilla Necklace - clean and tropical and beach babe glam.


History + Industry Yellow Brick Road Necklace - Dorothy and Elton would approve.

All I have to say is I hope I'm the type of woman Irene Wood had in mind, because I am starting to save my pennies immediately for one of these...I'm thinking the Isis, but also smitten with the Midas.

Which is your favorite?

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C

Images and quoted material courtesy of History + Industry.