Art of Adornment® offers affordable vintage style handmade jewelry and accessories with a dark twist: Victorian, Gothic, Steampunk, Renaissance & 1920's cabaret style ribbon chokers (velvet, satin, lace), skull necklaces, rhinestone cameo brooch pins, crystal chandelier earrings, Steampunk cufflinks and button covers, and oodles more!

AoA is an online-only business based in Winnipeg MB Canada, and run by Elaine "Valerian" Foster (who not only makes all of the products, does most of the shipping, bookkeeping, graphic design, customer service and product photography, and even some occasional modelling). Originally trained as a painter and sculptor, Elaine has been exhibiting her work in galleries and cafés since 1989. Never without an alternative edge, her punk days of the early 1980's ushered her into a lifestyle of what would become the Gothic subculture, touches of which have been seen in her creations ever since.

The transformation from artist into jewelry designer occurred in early 2004, rising from the ashes of Elaine's 12-year career of picture framing (which eventually damaged the tendons in both shoulders due to strenuous physical work). Doctor's orders were the best thing that could have happened to her though. Elaine revived her teenage passion of creating jewelry from new and vintage parts, and hasn't looked back since.

However the "experimental" jewelry of Elaine's teen days is long gone. Now she selects only high quality and skillfully crafted components, many of which she faux-finishes and alters herself. In doing so, she chooses not to "cut corners" to ensure you get an attractive durable product and reliable time-tested professional service. On the other hand, she respects your hard-earned income and does not inflate her prices just to be pretentious. Elaine feels that pricing should reflect the materials, skill and passion put into them, not enormous markups. She believes accessories design AND customer service is an art, and art should be available to everyone!

In her Etsy shop, you will find a selection of items from the 200+ designs Elaine currently has available, as well as occasional "de-stash" bargains on craft and jewelry making supplies.

More Art of Adornment:
• Main Shop: https://www.artofadornment.ca
• Ebay: https://stores.ebay.ca/Art-of-Adornment
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artofadornment.ca

Art of Adornment® Reg. TM in Canada of Elaine Foster