Gemstone Ring Jewelry Making Class

Brooklyn, NY

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Carolina Gonzalez Iwanow is a multitalented Artist, from music to jewelry, design, metal art, sculpture, paintings, photography, video, mix media, art direction and art curator. Carolina is also sax player, singer, Vocal coach, music producer. She is a constant explorer. Born in Buenos Aires Argentina under the sign of Sagittarius in a very loving, artistic and musical family. At a very early age she developed her passion for music, arts, architecture, science, photography design and jewelry through the hand of her very talented parents and grandmother who was a designer and a taylor. Her adorable granny “Juanita” had a beautiful photo and fine jewelry collection that Carolina was amazed with both but jewelry was absolutely magic for her and she always wondered how all those tiny perfect pieces were built. She study Fashion & Textile design career at the University of Architecture Buenos Aires. Multimedia Arts at the O.R.T. university. Music Production at Escuela Sonica and in 1991 at the early age of 19 years old she studies contemporary jewelry with jeweler Jorge Castanon for just a few months, right after this experience she decided to open her own jewelry shop and for her first year as a jeweler she work only exploring only fire techniques, meanwhile she was studying fashion and textile design at the University of Arquitecture of Buenos Aires and doing as many workshops she could do, latex special FX, photo, art history, serigraphy, sculpture, saxophone, vocal training.....etc...

A few years later she begun to learn European and Argentinian folklore Silversmithing chasing & repuse Pottery with Master Jeweler Jorge Pablo Pallarols he is the 8th generation of a very famous metalsmith family The Pallarols they are metalsmith royalty since 1780. In 1998 started to teach jewelry making at her studio in Buenos Aires. She developed much of her knowledge of jewelry and the jewelry industry through first-hand experience designing, producing and manufacturing fine jewelry and high end fashion jewelry for the biggest brands and fashion brands in Argentina and worldwide. She has designed and manufactured for Maria Cher, Jazmin Chebar, Ona Saez, Ayres, Trosman, Churba, Chocolate, Vitamina, Guess?, Marciano, Bebe...She is Eva Mendez Collection by Alejandro Blanco Jewelry Designer. She created custom one of a kind pieces for Disney, Absolut Vodka, MTV, Nike & I Pod, General Mottors, Casa Foa etc...Carolina Iwanow hand craft as well big art precious metal sculptures and art furniture. In 2014 she had her Fine Silver Fortitude chair exhibit at Saatchi & Saatchi London at the Collectors exhibition. She is also an art director and a photographer. In 2003 Carolina open the first Contemporary Jewelry Art Gallery in Buenos Aires. In 1998 she start to teach jewelry & design at the University of Architecture of Buenos Aires and at her own studio forming now very well known names in the Argentinian and internationals jewelry & design scene.

In 2014 Carolina Iwanow move to NYC and she continued creating & designing jewelry for her brand, creating, guiding & providing consultancy services to new and stablished jewelry brands helping them to manufacture, grow and positioning in the market, Designing for Eva Mendez Collection, private labels, curating Collective Jewelry Exhibitions for NYC Jewelry Week 19/20/21 Editions and teaching the secrets and the Art of Metalsmithing at NYC Jewelry Lab in Brooklyn. She is also Art Director for Some Place Called Brooklyn. She is an active member of the Resistance Revival Chorus and she host a meditation sound bath called Chakra Sound Bath.