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Angie Atkins, a 44 year-old, award winning, maverick jewelry designer is the founder and sole owner of Angie Olami, Inc. Prior to forming Angie Olami, she received a B.A. in English at Yale University, studied Russian literature at the University of St. Petersburg, worked on an archaeological dig in Israel, trekked in Nepal, and lived in southern Spain. A Chicago-born, globe-roaming, quatro-lingual traveler, Angie has long sifted through the rubble and myths of lost civilizations to find the subterranean history of amulets. From her travels and research, she has designed sterling silver jewelry and fourteen karat gold collections based on the ancient languages, symbols, and cultures of Israel, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Dante's medieval Florence. She has also spent time researching Byzantine and Roman mosaics for her Mosaica Collection. Angie Olami's jewelry is made primarily in Israel by a small group of handpicked master craftsmen. Many pieces are also made in her studio in Montclair, New Jersey. Her designs can be found in numerous galleries, museums, and specialty boutiques across the globe, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She also utilizes an assortment of materials when crafting her pieces including sterling silver, fourteen karat gold, semi-precious and precious stones, pearls, ancient glass from the Roman Period, Murano glass beads from Italy, and Czechoslovakian crystal.
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