Fusing dramatic color with innovative yet wearable design, Jane Bohan has established an award-winning reputation as a leader in designer jewelry. Her uncanny ability to predict significant fashion trends and translate them into timeless, wearable designs has garnered her a host of industry awards and recognition from the international fashion press.

Most importantly, for almost two decades, women continue to covet her jewelry for its feminine simplicity, unusual textures, colorations and versatility.

Since 1995, Jane has received four prestigious Spectrum Awards from the American Gem Trade Association for her innovative use of colored gemstones. This year, both the Tahitian Pearl Council and the World Gold Council honored Jane's work. Her fashion insight is often in demand by leading fashion magazine editors. She has regularly been quoted in a variety of national magazines including InStyle, Mirabella and Vogue.

Jane Bohan has also been lauded by her peers for her important contributions to the field of designer jewelry. Most recently, she was elected to the board of the International Jewelry Design Guild, an organization that promotes and creates excitement for original designer jewelry.

Jane learned her award-winning craft at the Rhode Island School of Design. However, it is her daily interaction with the energy of New York City where she finds her design inspiration, particularly the dynamic fashion world located just around the corner from her studio and the wonderful flea markets that keep design history at her fingertips.

"I enjoy working from a particular theme and then designing a collection around it, which will continue to expand and evolve with time," says Jane. "My creative process may begin with sketching, but ultimately I am drawn to my jeweler's bench, where I discover new ideas while working directly with the metal."

Unlike mass-produced jewelry, every Jane Bohan creation is handmade to her exacting standards by jewelers in her New York City studio. Her work appears in national magazines and at fine independent jewelry and specialty stores worldwide.