Ruby Wow Designs, Toronto, ON

I have always struggled with defining what I do. Artisan? I feel like I should be able to make bread and I can’t. Designer? Although I went to school to be a Buyer, I am not a trained Jewellery Designer. Creator, I definitely feel closer to that definition. I think I will define myself as an Innovator {for the time being anyways}. Because I wasn’t educated as a Jewellery Designer I don’t look at materials the same way a trained eye would. Often I have no idea what pieces were originally intended for so I am able to be creative without that limitation of knowing their purpose. I think that has become one of my talents.

As I tell my kids some of my favourite pieces started as a mistake.