Loella Medina's Flickr's photostream

Background story on the designer:

All the jewelry in Loella Medina's collection has been designed and handmade by Loella herself, a self taught jewelry designer based in New York City.

At the very early age of ten, Loella Medina was introduced to the world of jewelry making by her father, a civil engineer who ventured into making earrings after finding a box of pliers and beads at a construction site. For a few years, in the late 1980s, Mr. Medina's vintage crystal and vintage button earrings were all the rage amongst women in the Dominican Republic. Two years later, when her father gave up jewelry making, Loella found herself making full sets of jewelry for her mother, her sister and herself using the books and tools her father had used in the past to make earrings. Loella's mother still keeps all of the jewelry pieces made for her by her daughter.


About the jewelry line:

Loella Medina's jewelry line has been inspired by Loella's cultural background. A native of the Dominican Republic (a Caribbean island west off Puerto Rico), Loella expresses in her jewelry designs the tropical culture and the romanticism that is part of the history of many Caribbean and Latin American countries. Loella Medina is also inspired by her life experiences living in the multi-cultural city of New York and her travels, giving her designs an urban and exotic edge.

Every piece of jewelry in the collection has been created to bring an aura of sensuality and romance to each woman wearing it and each piece is one of a kind even when it is made in limited editions.

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Hope you enjoy the pictures!

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My jewelry shop is: LoellaMedina.Etsy.com

You can now also check out my portfolio on Trunkt: www.trunkt.org/LoellaMedina

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I also have a separate online shop for wedding jewelry:
www.LaBodaCollection.Etsy.com

If you are interested in any of the beads that I have photographed you might find them at my detash store on Etsy: www.ForTheLoveOfBeads.Etsy.com