in the studio x gretchen, peg’s hardware
Welcome to Gretchen's East Aurora home studio for Peg's Hardware – timeless demi-fine jewelry designs she's been handcrafting since 2012.
Photography by Katie Addo for Cool Story, Buffalo
“As a kid, I can remember taking out my mom’s jewelry boxes, trying on all the necklaces, bracelets and rings, studying them, then putting it back and doing it again and again and again as the years went on.”
Gretchen feels happiest when ...
“I sit down and try to conceptualize a new line. What does the output look like? What am I able to do? I’m constantly trying to push the bounds of cold connection … late at night, when it’s quiet and I’m just creating with no distractions, I find myself to be my happiest in that creating space.”
“I am a big art fanatic. Going to galleries, seeing peoples’ process and end results, their takes on a subject … that is for me, the biggest thing. I view my product as wearable art.”
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