Petunia Earrings

It was the late 80s when my father, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, found an abandoned toolbox in a construction site in NYC. The box contained pliers and beads which sparked an idea in my father's head that would help provide for our family back in DR. 

His bold designs with chandelier drops and large geometric clip-on earrings, soon became all the rage in my mother's beauty salon. I soon noticed the ladies who got their hair done with my mother would swoon over the jewels and exclaimed triumphantly how sophisticated they felt wearing them. These moments stayed with me as I too, immigrated with the rest of my family to New York City. Years later, I was inspired to create a line of jewelry of my own.