Celestial splendor

How did you get into jewelry?

I went back to school when I turned 49, and I said, “What am I going to do with my life?” Jewelry is in my DNA, so I studied my passion, gemology, in Geneva, London and online. In a very organic way, I started making a business out of it. Each piece I was designing was for me. I ended up having 30 pieces, and my husband said, “Are you ever going to sell something...