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Emily Maynard

<CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10296768@N05/2317970357/" title="Elva jpeg by Elva Fields Jewelry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2317970357_069e10f56e.jpg" width="500" height="342" alt="Elva jpeg" /></a></CENTER> <CENTER>The designer with great-grandmother Elva Fields.</CENTER> With degrees from Hollins University (Roanoke, Virginia) in both French and Art History, owner/designer Emily Wheat Maynard quickly discovered a passion for the history of jewelry in her graduate work at The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in New York City. Her Masters thesis explored the relationship between Italian Renaissance and ancient Greek and Roman jewelry, which inspired a semester at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. Here, she acquired metalworking skills in the ancient tradition and, simultaneously, a recognition that it might be possible to combine interests in the study of jewelry and the creation of it. Elva Fields Jewelry, started in 2003, is the result of this dual fascination, indulging both the academic and artistic facets within the designer. Emily scours local and far-flung markets, auctions, and shops for unusual vintage and antique pieces to use in all three of the Elva Fields lines—Elva, June, and Deb—which are named for the artist’s great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother, respectively. The treasured finds are then reconfigured and incorporated in unexpected, timeless designs. One might find a strand of old paste pearls with an antique carved ivory brooch as its pendant, or a 1930s Bakelite belt buckle clasping glittering chains from just a decade later. Elva Fields Jewelry, made in the designer’s home studio in Kentucky, can be found in boutiques throughout the United States. In the spirit of the women who inspired Elva Fields Jewelry and its namesake lines, a percentage of all jewelry proceeds will be donated to selected non-profit agencies, including the Younger Woman’s Club of Louisville, the Chez Panisse Foundation, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. <a href="http://ywclouisville.org">Younger Woman’s Club website</a> <a href="http://chezpanissefoundation.org">Chez Panisse Foundation website</a> <a href="http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm">Susan G. Komen website</a> <h2>Retail Venues</h2> Various Locations Alabama Femme 3607 Old Shell Road Mobile, AL 36608 251.343.8222 Sadie’s 5 North Church Street Fairhope, AL 36532 251.929.3222 <a href="http://sadiesoffairhope.com/">Sadie’s website</a> California Cami 1146 Highland Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310.545.2264 <a href="http://www.shopcami.com">Cami’s website</a> Georgia Jac 245 North Highland Avenue Space 120 Atlanta, GA 30307 404.681.4696 <a href="http://dearjac.com">Jac’s website</a> Indiana Excursions 4910 Lincoln Avenue Evansville, IN 47715 812.962.4850 <a href="http://www.shopexcursions.com">Excursions website</a> Kentucky AJ’s 116 Clay Avenue Lexington, KY 40508 859.253.1798 Carl Meyers 111 Clay Avenue Lexington, KY 40508 859.221.7310 <a href="http://www.carlmeyers.com">Carl Meyers website</a> 21c Museum Hotel Shop 700 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 502.217.6300 <a href="http://www.21cmuseumhotel.com">21c website</a> Clodhoppers 3745 Lexington Road Louisville, KY 40207 502.891.0079 <a href="http://www.clodhoppers.com/">Clodhoppers website</a> Shop at The Brown The Brown Hotel 335 West Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 502.583.1234 <a href="http://www.brownhotel.com/about/shopping.html">The Brown website</a> Excursions 2738 Frederica Street Owensboro, KY 42301 270.926.8388 <a href="http://www.shopexcursions.com">Excursions website</a> Maine Bliss 58 Exchange Street Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7125 <a href="http://www.blissboutiques.com">Bliss website</a> New Hampshire Bliss 85 Market Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 603.431.8285 <a href="http://www.blissboutiques.com">Bliss website</a> New York Albertine 13 Christopher Street (between Gay Street and Greenwich Avenue) New York City, NY 10014 212.924.8515 <a href="http://albertine-nyc.com/">Albertine website</a> Ohio Alligator Purse 2701 Erie Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45208 513.871.6171 <a href="http://www.shopalligatorpurse.com">Alligator Purse website</a> Collier West 787 North High Street Columbus, OH 43215 614.294.9378 <a href="http://www.collierwest.com">Collier West website</a> South Carolina Finicky Filly 303 King Street Charleston, SC 29401 843.534.0203 <a href="http://www.finickyfilly.com">Finicky Filly website</a> Mayme Baker Studio 610.C South Main Street Greenville, SC 29601 864.467.1930 <a href="http://www.maymebakerstudio.com">Mayme Baker website</a> Tennessee Kristi 5508 Kingston Pike Suite 110 Cherokee Plaza Knoxville, TN 37919 865.584.5163 Emmaline 400 Main Street #130 Franklin, TN 37064 615.791.6205 <a href="http://www.emmalineboutique.com">Emmaline website</a> Texas Eliza Page 229 West 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701 512.474.6500 <a href="http://www.elizapage.com">Eliza Page website</a>

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About Us 2009-12-16T11:36:14-05:00 <CENTER><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10296768@N05/2317970357/" title="Elva jpeg by Elva Fields Jewelry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2317970357_069e10f56e.jpg" width="500" height="342" alt="Elva jpeg" /></a></CENTER> <CENTER>The designer with great-grandmother Elva Fields.</CENTER> With degrees from Hollins University (Roanoke, Virginia) in both French and Art History, owner/designer Emily Wheat Maynard quickly discovered a passion for the history of jewelry in her graduate work at The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in New York City. Her Masters thesis explored the relationship between Italian Renaissance and ancient Greek and Roman jewelry, which inspired a semester at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. Here, she acquired metalworking skills in the ancient tradition and, simultaneously, a recognition that it might be possible to combine interests in the study of jewelry and the creation of it. Elva Fields Jewelry, started in 2003, is the result of this dual fascination, indulging both the academic and artistic facets within the designer. Emily scours local and far-flung markets, auctions, and shops for unusual vintage and antique pieces to use in all three of the Elva Fields lines--Elva, June, and Deb--which are named for the artist's great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother, respectively. The treasured finds are then reconfigured and incorporated in unexpected, timeless designs. One might find a strand of old paste pearls with an antique carved ivory brooch as its pendant, or a 1930s Bakelite belt buckle clasping glittering chains from just a decade later. Elva Fields Jewelry, made in the designer's home studio in Kentucky, can be found in boutiques throughout the United States. In the spirit of the women who inspired Elva Fields Jewelry and its namesake lines, a percentage of all jewelry proceeds will be donated to selected non-profit agencies, including the Younger Woman's Club of Louisville, the Chez Panisse Foundation, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "Younger Woman's Club website":http://ywclouisville.org "Chez Panisse Foundation website":http://chezpanissefoundation.org "Susan G. Komen website":http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm <h2>Retail Venues</h2> *Various Locations* *Alabama* Femme 3607 Old Shell Road Mobile, AL 36608 251.343.8222 Sadie's 5 North Church Street Fairhope, AL 36532 251.929.3222 "Sadie's website":http://sadiesoffairhope.com/ *California* Cami 1146 Highland Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310.545.2264 "Cami's website":http://www.shopcami.com *Georgia* Jac 245 North Highland Avenue Space 120 Atlanta, GA 30307 404.681.4696 "Jac's website":http://dearjac.com *Indiana* Excursions 4910 Lincoln Avenue Evansville, IN 47715 812.962.4850 "Excursions website":http://www.shopexcursions.com *Kentucky* AJ's 116 Clay Avenue Lexington, KY 40508 859.253.1798 Carl Meyers 111 Clay Avenue Lexington, KY 40508 859.221.7310 "Carl Meyers website":http://www.carlmeyers.com 21c Museum Hotel Shop 700 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 502.217.6300 "21c website":http://www.21cmuseumhotel.com Clodhoppers 3745 Lexington Road Louisville, KY 40207 502.891.0079 "Clodhoppers website":http://www.clodhoppers.com/ Shop at The Brown The Brown Hotel 335 West Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 502.583.1234 "The Brown website":http://www.brownhotel.com/about/shopping.html Excursions 2738 Frederica Street Owensboro, KY 42301 270.926.8388 "Excursions website":http://www.shopexcursions.com *Maine* Bliss 58 Exchange Street Portland, ME 04101 207.879.7125 "Bliss website":http://www.blissboutiques.com *New Hampshire* Bliss 85 Market Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 603.431.8285 "Bliss website":http://www.blissboutiques.com *New York* Albertine 13 Christopher Street (between Gay Street and Greenwich Avenue) New York City, NY 10014 212.924.8515 "Albertine website":http://albertine-nyc.com/ *Ohio* Alligator Purse 2701 Erie Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45208 513.871.6171 "Alligator Purse website":http://www.shopalligatorpurse.com Collier West 787 North High Street Columbus, OH 43215 614.294.9378 "Collier West website":http://www.collierwest.com *South Carolina* Finicky Filly 303 King Street Charleston, SC 29401 843.534.0203 "Finicky Filly website":http://www.finickyfilly.com Mayme Baker Studio 610.C South Main Street Greenville, SC 29601 864.467.1930 "Mayme Baker website":http://www.maymebakerstudio.com *Tennessee* Kristi 5508 Kingston Pike Suite 110 Cherokee Plaza Knoxville, TN 37919 865.584.5163 Emmaline 400 Main Street #130 Franklin, TN 37064 615.791.6205 "Emmaline website":http://www.emmalineboutique.com *Texas* Eliza Page 229 West 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701 512.474.6500 "Eliza Page website":http://www.elizapage.com