Design Find
Mary Schubart’s fascination with timeless patterns inspired her to create a line of handcrafted sterling silver jewelry, sculpted and sensual, with detailed patterns stacked against one another. Her inspirations come from the artistic patterns of our passing millennium, such as Renaissance brocades, Islamic mosques, Spanish tiles, Gothic stained glass, Celtic designs and antique ironwork.
“The list is endless,” says Schubart, a painter and sculptor in various media who only recently began to translate her love of pattern into jewelry. Schubart studied at Parsons School of Design in the U.S. and abroad.
While in Italy, something about the centuries of great art inspired her, and she struck upon the concept for her line. “It was the essence of the very best in beauty for me, and I was galvanized,” she says. The line consists of sterling silver and 18k gold jewel