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Nancy Ross
Jewelry
Nancy Ross Jewelry Design
1013 Harriman St., Great Falls, VA, 22066
In my studio, I design bespoke jewelry from vintage materials, rescued tins, and forgotten or once‑broken heirlooms, using a restorative design process that honors sentiment and brings cherished pieces to life again while drawing clients into the creative process.
In my Great Falls studio, I work as both designer and artisan‑maker, shaping bespoke jewelry from vintage beads, crystals, semi‑precious gemstones, pearls, and warm metals. My practice this year has centered on story‑driven pieces — restoring heirlooms, transforming rescued vintage tins and unexpected objects into sculptural elements, and creating bespoke designs like charm reliquaries that hold personal meaning. The Fall Studio Tour offers a look inside that hands‑on process: collaborative design, creative exploration, and the transformation of materials with history into modern jewelry with soul. Come inside and feel the magic of making.
My studio is a place where old materials get a second chance. Vintage tins, sparkly beads, pearls, heirloom parts, and once‑broken pieces come in with history and leave as something unexpected. Every surface is filled with tools, materials, and experiments waiting for their next life, and the work in progress shows how form, balance, color, and story shift as a piece takes shape. Clients are invited into that process, not just to watch but to understand how their own materials or memories can be reimagined. It’s an active working studio where you see the thinking, the problem‑solving, the restoration, and the small surprises that happen along the way. The result is jewelry that isn’t predictable as much as it is discovered.
ACTIVITIES SATURDAY - Creating Reliquaries: A Community Necklace. A reliquary holds tiny, meaningful things. Studio visitors will design jewelry through simple choices and watch the necklace grow into a collective keepsake of the Fall Studio Tour.
ACTIVITIES SUNDAY - Reliquaries: A Community Necklace. A reliquary holds tiny, meaningful things. Studio visitors will design jewelry through simple choices and watch the necklace grow into a collective keepsake of the Fall Studio Tour.