Topic: Healing Jewelry as Works of Art
Guest: Andrea Rosenfeld
No artist can predict where her passion for creation will take her.
Artist Andrea Rosenfeld’s exciting journey has been evolutionary: from a University of Michigan Art Student to Perry Ellis Portfolio Menswear Assistant Merchandiser, to Isaac Mizrahi Ltd. Director of Merchandising and Operations, and finally to creating and owning her own jewelry line. Rosenfeld’s ultimate destination: Hot Rox Jewelry
Skilled in metal working, loom weaving, silk screening, photography, fashion design, drawing, painting, ceramics, woodworking — and now jewelry design — Rosenfeld makes use of a combination of materials and techniques, and places emphasis on texture as a main force in her creations.
The most recent path of Rosenfeld’s artistic journey has resulted in Hot Rox Jewelry’s new Kavanah Healing Line. Born out of her desire to create something for a higher purpose, she creates pieces infused with her own personal message of hope and strength, and the belief that the wearer can feel the power of these specific healing stones and their energy of creation and regeneration. In addition to offering healing properties to her clients, Rosenfeld is working towards using only recycled, reclaimed and Fair Trade materials in her work thereby making sure that the companies she supports treat their laborers with respect and compassion.
Her sculptural and playful Hot Rox Jewelry and Kavanah lines sell in boutiques, museum stores and at Bloomingdale’s Trunk Shows, but her creative passion has taken her beyond merely fashioning jewelry art to sell.
This new Kavanah Healing line has captured the interest of the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation, and Rosenfeld has been asked to co-chair for an upcoming Komen Event. She is also planning to teach cancer patients to make jewelry while enlightening them to the power of healing stones.
In addition to offering healing art using eco-friendly materials, Rosenfeld also donates her jewelry art and a percentage of her proceeds to various charities to help raise money for their causes.