La De Da Gallery, LLC, DBA
ARIODANTE
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY
535 Julia St. New Orleans, La. 70130
504-524-3233

HOPELLA DESIGNS

My desire for creating started when I was a kid. I loved transforming a piece of clothing into something else; a pair of jeans into a skirt.... Clothing design was my career of choice after graduating from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, then I realized that what I really loved was adding something a little different to simple designs. After re-evaluating I decided jewelry was the perfect addition to a beautiful gown or jeans and t-shirt. And so my journey in jewelry design began.

I started by teaching myself and moved on to take several classes to develop different techniques to create my little sculptures. That is how I see my jewelry; little sculptures of nature. My style is organic using mixed metals and semi-precious stones to recreate an image of nature. The designs are idealistic, very rarely realistic. The beauty of flower can be seen differently depending on who is looking at it and at what angle. It may remind us of something beautiful in our own lives. That's what I try to accomplish with my jewelry. A symbol or reminder of something beautiful that nature has blessed us with.

Please join us for our opening receptions during an art walk on the first Saturday of every month in the New Orleans Arts District from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Our current hours are Mondays - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM or by appointment.

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HOPELLA DESIGNS