judy geib
Humble-Extravagant, Cheap-Precious, Brut-Polished,
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judy geib
Judy Geib is a New York–based jewelry designer known for her entirely hand-made, intuitive approach to making. After moving to New York City from Pennsylvania in the early 1980s and immersing herself in the vibrant East Village art scene, Geib spent two decades working in architecture before turning, almost accidentally, to jewelry in her forties. A chance introduction to lapidary at the New York Mineralogical Club – sparked by her fascination with mineral specimen books – set the course for what would become her life’s work. Without formal training or a business plan, she began simply by making what she wanted to wear, driven as much by curiosity as necessity.
Entirely self-taught, Geib approaches jewelry as a tactile, instinctive process. She hand-makes every piece, allowing her materials and her hands to dictate form. This commitment to making is the throughline of her practice: a belief that the essence of her work lies not in refinement or technical progression, but in the immediacy of touch. Drawing inspiration from antique jewelry, Shaker design, calligraphy, and a lifelong habit of making in sewing, carving, knitting, and more, her pieces carry a distinct, recognizable language. As noted in The New York Times, her work resists conventional definitions of fine jewelry, embracing instead a sense of fun, individuality and handmade irregularity that sets it apart. Working full-time in her studio, Geib continues to test the boundaries of her own visual language, producing pieces that feel at once personal and timeless.
BY JUDY GEIB
22K YELLOW GOLD, OXIDIZED SILVER, DIAMONDS
$57,200
kaleidescopic ::
fiddling with a broken kaleidoscope in her studio revealed a medley of gemstones and the idea to make a piece that looked kaleidoscopic, as if the jewels were crashing into each other and reflecting each other. It’s become one of HER favorite ideas with limitless color and shape combinations.
JUDY GEIB
KALEIDISCOPE PIN
18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, PINK TOURMALINE, AMETHYST, TANZANITE, CHALCEDONY, ROSE QUARTZ, PINK SAPPHIRE, MOONSTONE, CARNELIAN
$16,680
BY JUDY
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EMERALDS ::
with annual travels to columbia to source the world’s most beautiful emeralds, she has the creative challenge and freedom to create sumptuous emerald creations from entire parcels of stones.
JUDY GEIB
COLUMBIAN EMERALD NECKLACE
BY JUDY GEIB
$176,340
18K YELLOW GOLD, EMERALDS (101.89 TCW)
FLOWERY LITHE NECKLACE
18K YELLOW GOLD, EMERALDS (19.5 TCW)
$44,400
a SINuOUS necklace, light and easy to wear.
InherEntly playful with SeamlesS movement around the neck imbuing Beauty when the emeralds dance and the wearer moves.
BY JUDY GEIB
BRANCH BROOCH ::
The branch brooch was inspired by a cherry blossom brooch by rené lalique that features audaciously cheap buy beautiful pink glass cherry blossoms scattered along a scraggly but richly diamond paved branch. judy used a collection of glassy big pear-shaped emeralds as substitutes for laliqué’s cherry blossoms.
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LEAFY COLUMBIAN EMERALD BRANCH BROOCH
18K GOLD, SILVER, COLOMBIAN EMERALDS (59.12 TCW), DIAMONDS (8.82 TCW)
$90,860
BY JUDY GEIB
COLUMBIAN EMERALD PEAR-SHAPED
$67,990
one entire parcel of emeralds, divided into matching mismatching earrings with plane-propeller tops.
BY JUDY GEIB
22K YELLOW GOLD, 18K YELLOW GOLD, EMERALDS (43.5 TCW)
THE ORB ::
an early piece made of leftover oddshaped emeralds- a magic wand,
JUDY GEIB
ORB EMERALD HAIR ORNAMENT
BY JUDY GEIB
$13,960
18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, EMERALDS
CARTOON NECKLACE
18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, PINK TOURMALINES, GREEN TOURMALINES, AMETHYST, AQUAMARINE
$5,300
in an excercise to expand her approach via emulation, judy once again turned to René Lalique, a marvelously strange, playful and inventive jeweler. while his work was often reflective, creepy, or scary, judy took familiar and joyful cartoon characters and reinterpreted them reflectively with a nod to Laliqué’s aesthetic,
BY JUDY GEIB
PETER PAN COLLAR ::
a direct nod to the self fashioning aspect of jewelry, ingeniusly translating the familiar silhouette with precious materials into a necklace that reads simultaneously as jewelry and as clothing.
BY JUDY GEIB
MAGNIFICANT YET DEMURE RUBY
PETER PAN COLLAR
22K GOLD, SILVER, RUBIES (100+ TCW), DIAMONDS
$106,560
BY JUDY GEIB
STUDIO SWEEP FLATTENED LOOP
PETER PAN COLLAR
18K YELLOW GOLD, GARNETS
$48,680
BY JUDY GEIB
Sheherazade ::
part of a fantastical series based on glyphs found in the book of kells (800 A.D.), this magical ring was constructed like a tiny city , built up from an imaginary “floor plan” glyph. the ruby pave work is intriguingly acrobatic and playful.
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BY JUDY GEIB
22K GOLD, SILVER, RUBIES
$48,700
BURMESE RUBY SWOOSH NECKLACE
22K GOLD, SILVER, 18K GOLD, RUBIES, DIAMONDS
$168,220
A love of calligraphy has prompted many of judy’s designs. this necklace in particular, with its swooping lines of rubies was inspired by a reuters logo she spotted atop a building from a train window. it was drawn with dots of increasing and decreasing sizes, and she had only recently purchased lots of gorgeous round rubies of different sizes that were waiting to find out what they would become.
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AWESOME BRACELET
22K GOLD, 18K GOLD, SILVER, RUBIES, CROCODILE STRAP
$128,800
the letters were extrapolated from glyphs found in the book of kells (800 a.d.). judy wanted to say something, without it being perhaps too obvious. she intended that this would be a pair of cuff bracelets, one saying aweseome, the other magical, but only one was made because it was a very big undertaking! the pavé ruby setting is extraordinary.
BY JUDY GEIB
JABBERWOCKY ::
born from Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem, a piece of writing that has delighted and puzzled readers for over a century. judy geib finds joy in things that sit just outside of sense, The symbols in this necklace are her own. A personal, invented alphabet of forms that don’t explain themselves. They don’t need to. Like the poem itself, the pleasure is in the looking, not the decoding.
JUDY GEIB
JABBERWOCKY WACKY SYMBOL NECKLACE
22K YELLOW GOLD, 18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, VARIOUS GEMSTONES
$49,200
BY JUDY GEIB
JABBERWOCKY STYLE I LOVE YOU
JUMBLED NECKLACE
22K YELLOW GOLD, 18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, VARIOUS GEMSTONES
$17,800
a nod to her father, who loved jumbles. this is a jumbled “i love you” written in jabberwocky-style letters.
BY JUDY GEIB
SHAKER LETTER-INSPIRED NECKLACE
18K YELLOW GOLD, SILVER, ABALONE
$8,800
A VISIT TO the Museum of American Folk Art in New York UNCOVERED A faded and delicate shaker love letter. written circularly and radiating out from the center, the sweet prose was surrounded by a subtly drawn wreath of flowers like the ones in this necklace, The exhibit meant to explore the more playful side of the Shaker religious sect, humanzizing through The letter was touchingly beautiful though,
BY JUDY GEIB
flowery ::
as a girl, her mom helped her paint flowers on her closet doors, this motif consistently reappears in her tactile process evoking a happy and whimsical childhood spirit.
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BY JUDY GEIB
$28,820
18K YELLOW GOLD, EMERALD (11.00 TCW)
FINE FLOWERY NECKLACE WITH AQUAMARINE CABACHON
18K GOLD, AQUAMARINE CABACHON
$33,820
BY JUDY GEIB
COLUMBIAN EMERALD NECKLACE
WITH GOLD SILLY BACK
22K GOLD, 18K GOLD, SILVER, COLOMBIAN EMERALDS
$65,540
BY JUDY GEIB
STONES ::
inspiration is also found in the material. Whether that be an unusual stone, a beautiful color, or handcut shape, the character of materials serves as the jumping off point for design, following her artistic intution towards stones she thinks will lead to a joyful and fun finished piece.
JUDY GEIB
PRIVATE COLLECTION OPAL
EARRINGS WITH RAINBOW FLASH
PLATINUM, OPAL, DIAMONDS
$27,200
BY JUDY GEIB
BY JUDY GEIB
DEW DROP NECKLACE
18K GOLD, DENDRITES, ROSE QUARTZ
$29,900
HEART-SHAPED DENDRITIC AGATE
DOUBLE DROP EARRINGS
18K YELLOW GOLD, AGATE
$4,900
dendritic agates are naturally occuring mineral inclusions in silica agate. they often look like ferns, trees, and landscapes. judy has used them in her work for many years, they are one of her favorite gemstones and they usually inspire unusual jewels, like these giant double-drop heart earrings.
BY JUDY GEIB
ABOUT N0. 62
No. 62, is a curated selection of significant jewelry designers of our time. Nestled within Maya Frodeman Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in downtown Jackson Hole, Wyoming, No. 62 showcases award-winning designers from around the globe, such as Nicholas Varney, Silvia Furmanovich, and Fernando Jorge, among others.
Elevating the preconceptions of fine jewelry, No. 62 is a boutique that allows the viewer to discover new modes of personal expression. An experience all its own, No. 62 ensures each guest who visits the space leaves with an enduring sense of how art in the form of jewelry can enrich our day-to-day lives. It is this power that has inspired No. 62 to build a home for artists where their work is shown in an elevated environment aimed at connecting you with something deeper.
