Elva Fields best exemplifies statement piece jewelry. Started in 2003, designer Emily Wheat Maynard sought out to create jewelry that is timeless yet unexpected. All three of her jewelry lines, Elva, June and Deb, are named after her great-grandmother, grandmother and mother and they serve as her inspiration.
Maynard both French and Art History at Hollins University and quickly discovered a passion for the history of jewelry in her graduate work at The Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture in New York City. Here, she acquired metalworking skills in the ancient tradition and, simultaneously, a recognition that it might be possible to combine interests in the study of jewelry and the creation of it.
Maynard searches through local and far markets, auctions, and shops for vintage and antique pieces. These finds are then reconfigured and incorporated into her designs. Elva Fields Jewelry are made in the designer’s studio in Kentucky and can be found in boutiques throughout the States or online at Elva Fields.
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