About Me
Bonnie Riconda’s jewelry design philosophy is based on her love of brilliant, bright colors, a light feeling of airiness, and of all things truly hand-created by the artist. She uses no pre-made or fabricated parts, but wraps all gemstones and beads by hand, and even makes her own hoops and french wires. Precious and semi-precious gemstones, austrian crystals, freshwater pearls, and other stones are used in combination to create a wonderful palette of colors in her original designs.After getting a BFA from York College of PA and an MFA in painting and sculpture from Long Island University in New York, Bonnie’s love of jewelry and creating things by hand determined her course in starting her business Calico Juno Designs. With no experience in jewelry creation, she started experimenting with some gemstones and wire she bought in a little store in Long Island, and after many trial-and-error flops came up with about 30 original designs, and with pictures that were all photographed, imaged, and formatted by her onto the website www.CalicoJunoDesigns.com which was also created by Bonnie and her husband.After 4 years later, the website now features over 450 designs and Calico Juno Designs is now carried by retailers across the country, and many places internationally as well. Magazine features include MARIE CLAIRE, SHOP, SEVENTEEN, GLAMOUR, INSTYLE, LUCKY, MODERN BRIDE, THE KNOT, YM, FIRST, BRIDAL GUIDE, JEZEBEL, COSMOGIRL, FAMILY CIRCLE, REDBOOK, ESSENCE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, and many more. Calico Juno Designs has been worn by MTV and VH1 vj's, by Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives, Dylan Lauren, Kathy Lee Gifford, and Geri Ryan. She has also been featured on many other jewelry websites.
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