ABOUT ISLAND BANGLES
Jewelry designer Kate Purdy has loved jewelry as long as she can remember and began collecting antique jewelry and vintage beads in her early teens. She began designing jewelry as a jewelry and art major at the University of Illinois and went on to have a sucessful career as an award-winning graphic designer. After moving to Coronado Island in southern California, she came back to her "roots" and began actively designing and making jewelry again. Island Bangles was born when she realized she couldn't stop making jewelry and had more ideas than she had time to make.
Kate loves the challenge of alway finding a new way to approach her jewelry design and create something unique. She finds inspiration in the natural beauty and colors of the California beach, tropical landscape (banana tree in the front yard) and her extensive collection of antique jewelry. Kate is a published jewelry designer, with projects featured in Beadstyle Magazine, and a bracelet featured on the cover of "The Best Projects from the Second Year of BeadStyle Magazine" (hardcover). Her jewelry has also been featured in San Diego Home & Garden Magazine, Coronado Eagle/Journal newspaper and Coronado Lifestyle Magazine.
Kate sells her unique handmade jewelry at select arts and crafts shows in southern California, Peartree Studio in the Ray Street gallery district of San Diego, the Coronado Yacht Club, San Diego Maritime Museum Gift Shop, Austin's Gallery in Coronado and the famous Hotel Del Coronado Beach Resort. Her biggest jewelry challenge continues to be keeping her cat Schmooby from scattering her jewelry supplies all over the house.
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