american artist
Jill Italiano
metal jewelry
House of Metalworks offers a sustainable,
recycled line of hand forged jewelry. We are
committed to reduce our carbon footprint daily
with the use of reclaimed metals, recycled
components and packaging materials. And by
sourcing materials that are made in the USA.
Jill Italiano is the designer behind the House of
Metalworks brand. Born and raised in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, Jill obtained her degree in Culinary
Arts at the New England Culinary institute. After
10 years in the industry and working in kitchens
across the US, she was hungry for change and
decided to settle in back on the East
Coast.
While working for a gold importer,
she discovered jewelry, and through it a
new outlet for her creativity. Jill formally
trained in metalsmithing at the Silvermine
Guild in New Canaan, Connecticut, and
founded fine jewelry line Jill.i Designs.
Within its short years Jill.i Designs has
been featured in magazines such as
Bazaar, Red Book, Cosmopolitan, WWD,
Lucky, New York and sold in Galleries
across the US and Canada including the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jill took a “creative break”
for a while and worked
for CFDA Jewelry Design
Company Gemma Redux in
New York, NY. While working
full time as their Studio
Director andMetalsmith she
found a box of discarded
metals at the studios. Feeling
creatively liberated with this
enormous find Jill started
House of Metalworks.
Each and every piece is Designed + Created in the studio
based in the lovely Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
The focus of House of Metalworks is simple - to make
eco-friendly, sustainable jewelry that is comfortable to wear
every day and will last for a lifetime of love.
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