Calla Gold: A Brief History of Jewelry
Channel: Pecha Kucha Night Santa Barbara
Date: 2015-11-18

Calla Gold, owner of Calla Gold Jewelry a Santa Barbara, CA based jeweler, has been a "Jeweler without Walls" since 1983.  Specializing in custom jewelry design, wedding rings, jewelry restoration and revitalizing of unworn and under worn jewelry, she helps her clients select jewelry that fits their distinct lifestyle, career, face and body shapes.

Her success as a jewelry consultant is based on her belief that there is a jewelry designer in everyone, as long as they have an expert to educate them and show them style ideas.  

Calla is the author of “The Language of Jewelry Design” a book for brides-to-be that helps them dream up their engagement and wedding rings. She’s also a jewelry blogger with over 450 posts educating jewelry lovers. Calla is a recipient of the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award.

Fun fact: her business partner is also her life partner, Jeremy Gold, who she thanks for her golden last name and being the "yin" to her business "yang".  

Calla has been chasing down the origin and history of jewelry for years. Today she will share a bit of jewelry superstition and history with us.