THE FIRST TIME I EVER EXPERIENCED MAKING JEWELRY HAPPENED WHEN I WAS LIVING IN HALIFAX, N.S. CANADA STUDYING MY MAJOR IN BFA. IT WAS FOUNDATION YEAR, AND ONE OF THE ELECTIVES IN SUMMER SCHOOL WAS THE COURSE “JEWELRY MAKING”, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO TRY, SINCE I HAD NEVER EVER IMAGINED HOW JEWELRY WAS MADE AND BOTTOM LINE IS...I ABSOLUTELY HATED IT, I HATED IT SO MUCH.
MY CUTS WERE NOT PERFECT, SO THE SEAM WAS NEVER TOUCHING AND THEREFORE THE SOLDER NEVER RAN IN THE DIRECTION I WANTED IT TO GO. I BURNT MY PIECES DOWN TO MELT, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER. AND I PROMISED MYSELF I'D NEVER DO JEWELRY IN MY LIFE AGAIN. THIS COURSE LASTED TWO WEEKS, I LASTED 2 DAYS.
THREE YEARS WENT BY AND I RETURNED TO MEXICO SEEKING TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION IN ART. AND AGAIN SUMMER ARRIVED AND DECIDED I WANTED TO TRY AND LEARN TO PAINT FROM AN AMERICAN FELLOW FRIEND OF MY PARENTS, WHO HAPPENED TO LIVE IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, GUANAJUATO, RANDALL BROWNING. MY LESSONS WITH RANDALL WERE NOT VERY LONG, 2 HOURS EVERY OTHER DAY AND THAT LEFT ME WITH A LOT OF TIME IN MY HANDS WHICH NEEDED TO BE USED.
ONE DAY WALKING ON THE STREETS OF SAN MIGUEL I STUMBLED UPON A FLYER PROMOTING A JEWELRY SCHOOL RAN BY A CANADIAN MASTER JEWELER, BILLY KING. THIS WAS JUST TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE. STERLING QUEST WAS THE NAME, I VISITED THE SCHOOL, I SIGNED UP AND AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN JEWELRY. FROM THAT POINT BEYOND EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT THAT. FOR TWO YEARS I BREATHED, ATE, DRANK AND SLEPT JEWELRY MAKING. THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE FOR ME. MY APOLOGIES RANDALL FOR DITCHING YOU.
THE NEXT STEP I DECIDED TO TAKE WAS TO POLISH MY SKILLS AND WHY NOT, LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF JEWELRY. GOING TO THE PLACE WHERE ALL OF THIS BEGAN SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT IDEA. AND HERE ENTERS FLORENCE, ITALY. THE NEXT TWO YEARS WERE WONDER YEARS FOR ME. ENGRAVING, FABRICATION, HISTORY, DESIGN AND THE DISCOVERY OF MY OTHER PASSION, GEMMOLOGY, CAME INTO PLAY.
I UNDERSTOOD AT THAT POINT, THAT I WAS MADE FOR THIS.
THAT MY CALLING WAS TO CREATE JEWELRY WITH ONE WOMAN IN MIND, WOMEN LIKE ME.
WOMEN WHO HAVE POWER, DECISION, CONVICTION AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WOMEN WHO PURSUE TO LIFT THEIR ESSENCE.

“JACQUELINE RODRIGUEZ JEWELRY IS ART FOR THE POWERFUL WOMAN SEEKING REFINED, UNIQUE, JEWELRY, THAT ELEVATES HER IDENTITY.”