Barbara Heinrich
BIO
Born in Heilbronn, Germany , Barbara Heinrich grew up in the vineyards of her family’s winery. Used to keeping herself busy, she collected pods, snail shells and broken glass pieces to make jewelry. She strung together dyed noodles and dried them in the sun to make necklaces. “The inspiration to make jewelry has always been with me,” she tells.
Graduating from dried noodles she worked with glass beads and silver wire jewelry as a teen, selling her pieces on a piece of velvet on the streets of her home town.
Eventually she signed up for jewelry instruction and after graduating with top honors in Germany she won a scholarship to continue her studies in the United States .
Here she earned a masters degree from RIT, met her husband Gregory, a doctor of chiropractic and built a studio with beautiful light open space, arched windows and skylights.
Just as her jewelry is a delicate balance between hard geometric lines and flowing organic shapes, her life is a balance between raising her two teenage children Tanya and Timo and spending time in her studio. Heinrich welcomes this challenge stating that it forces her to live completely in the present time consciousness. In her free time Heinrich enjoys traveling, hiking, skiing and ballroom dancing.
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GALLERY
3 Ribbon Gold Ring with Diamonds
18k yellow gold, diamonds
3 Ribbon Gold Ring with Diamonds, detail
Button
Oval Sapphire Stacking Ring
18k yellow gold, oval blue sapphire | approximately 0.90 ctw | size 6.5
Oval Sapphire Stacking Ring, detail
Button
Swirl Pendant with a Diamond
18k yellow gold, diamond, 17" long chain | 0.08 ctw
Fluted Stacking Ring
18k yellow gold | 2mm wide | size 6.5
Diagonal Bar Stacking Ring with Diamonds
2mm wide | 18k yellow gold, diamonds | 0.08 ctw
Large Pins and Needles Diamond Stacking Ring
18k yellow gold, diamonds, 0.26 ctw
Quad Stacking Ring with Diamonds
18k yellow gold, diamonds | approximately 0,44 ctw
Large Mixed Trillium and Diamond Cluster Earrings
18k yellow gold, diamonds | 0.29 ctw
Round Swirl Drop Earrings
18k yellow gold | 22.5 mm round
Rope Stacking Ring
18k yellow gold | 2mm wide | size 6.5
Navette Wire Earrings with 10 Black Diamond Briolettes
18k yellow gold, black diamonds | 4.34 ctw
Round Black Diamond Granulated Earrings
18k yellow gold, black diamonds, diamonds | 1.04 ctw / 0.04 ctw
Black Diamond Bead Necklace with Rice Spacers and Side Beads
black diamonds, 18k yellow gold | 18.25 ctw | 16.5"" long with 1.5"" extension chain
Darling Ruby Pendant
4mm round ruby, diamonds, 18k yellow gold | 0.29 ctw / 0.02 ctw | 17" long chain
Keshi Pearl Pendant Necklace
Keshi pearl, diamonds, 18k yellow gold | 0.03 ctw | 17" chain
Wide Carved Glacier Ring with Diamonds
18k yellow gold, diamonds | 8mm wide | 0.24 ctw | size 7.5
Grooved Stacking Ring
18k yellow gold | 2mm wide | size 6.5
Four Wrapped Ribbon Ring
18k yellow gold | size 7
Double Petal Earrings
18k yellow gold
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am inspired by the natural world and I capture the essence of what I see and transform it into jewelry. It is important that my work is wearable and does not overwhelm. I strive to connect with the spirit in each person that connects us all. I begin my designs by sketching the ideas first. I try to avoid the obvious, seek newness, and go for maximum visual excitement with all my work. Allowing the creative process to inform each piece of jewelry with newness is pure and exciting to me.