Artist Profile

Carina Rossner has been creating jewelry for five years, but has been a rock-hound since elementary school. Geology was her passion at Harvard University, where she majored in Environmental Sciences and the History of Technology - how technological changes drive social changes and vise versa. She received her MBA from Harvard and moved to Silicon Valley, where she spent over a decade launching emerging technologies that have changed the way we live (multi- media CD-ROMS, e-commerce, search engines). She and her husband Marc founded HybridMedia, a successful technical training company. After a couple of medical “close calls,” Carina decided to leave the world of business and return to something creative and tactile. She reconnected with her love of stones and minerals and became a compulsively creative jeweler.

Carina’s focus is incorporating earth’s beautiful creations into wearable art. She helps bring out the natural beauty of the elements and combines them in ways that are pleasing to the wearer. Her love of the stones, gems, minerals, metals, and pearls shines through each hand- made piece of jewelry in her collection.

Carina lives in Palo Alto with her husband and two fabulous children (a mom is supposed to be vain about her kids). She is the founder of Artists in Action, a community of artists who believe in using their art to give back to society. She has also organized yearly benefits for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Giving Thanks for the Children), Community Breast Health Project (For the Love of Mom) and the Red Cross (Spread a Little Love at Valentine’s).

Part of the thrill of being alive is being able to reinvent yourself. Enjoy!