Not every girl goes from making beaded bracelets when she was little to creating her own jewelry line years later. This is the story of BCE Jewelry and it is her pure talent and style that has gotten her far, along with her cult following (including myself) who anticipate every Instagram post she makes revealing new designs! I feel like I’ve been following Becca since “the beginning” but I guess truly the start was before Instagram…before the Internet…back in the 80s/90s when she begged her dad to walk down a few blocks from his office to check out a local bead shop. She reminisces, “I’d spending hours there, torturing the sales ladies with questions and finally leave with a few things. When I got back I would string the pieces together and sell them to all the ladies at the office (who I’m sure bought them out of charity).”
Interestingly enough, that’s all she needed to spur a love for jewelry. That, and her grandmother gifting some rings her father once made back in the 70s. These memories stick with her and have shaped her budding jewelry career. BCE Jewelry stands for “before common era,” an ode to all that inspires her–this includes ancient civilizations, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Byzantine jewelry. History fascinates Becca, which also has a heavy influence on the way she decorates her house–an obsession we both share. I love following along on Instagram and seeing snapshots of her antique paintings hung in a story-telling vignette, with brass accents mixed with California ranch-style living. She calls Carmel Valley home, just south of San Francisco where she moved for a year to study and learn the craft of jewelry making.
The BCE Jewelry design aesthetic has evolved, now making pieces mostly in 14k yellow gold and incredibly unique gemstones–like boulder opals, turquoise, variscite, diamonds, and tourmalines. One-of-a-kind pieces are her forte, as these gemstones are one-offs; each opal has a certain play-of-color, each turquoise has a unique pattern, each variscite has a special mottling. In the future, Becca has big plans for using more antique diamonds, both Old Mine cuts and Old European cuts. I personally love her designs all stacked together, worn across the board. Getting to play with her designs in real life was so much fun. I’ve become addicted and I can’t wait to own my very own someday! My sister-in-law was so taken by the light blue turquoise ring in my photos above, that she made that one hers!
For the photoshoot, I wanted to play off of the multi-hued blues and greens which BCE Jewelry constantly showcases. From deep lapis blue to Robin’s egg blue–minty green and even forest green, all these colors needed to be there! I felt the theme needed to have an almost “out of this world” feel, where the theme song would definitely be Beastie Boy’s Intergalatic, on repeat. Hope you enjoy and get inspired!
Jewelry Details: (as referenced from last photo)
Three-stone cabochon tourmaline ring set in 14k yellow gold, Price: $980
X-Large Variscite ring set with three diamonds in 14k yellow gold, Price: $1,200
Blue Kingman turquoise ring set with diamonds down the center in 14k yellow gold, $900
Small Chinese turquoise ring set in 14k yellow gold, $480
Large green Damele turquoise ring set with white diamonds in 14k gold, Price: $1,350
All earrings pictured are BCE Jewelry as well, inquire for details!
——> as always, custom pieces can be created upon requst <——–
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Jeweler Cart May 10, 2016 at 5:27 am:
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