Hey, I’m Carolina (kah-rroh-LEE-nah), a Colombian-American jeweler and Miami native, now based in New York City.

Photography was my first creative love - I studied film and earned my BFA in photography from Barry University, and I worked in the field for a while after. Even once metal took over, I’ve always found a way to keep a camera in my work. Photography trained my eye for how light moves across metal and stone, and I think it shows in how I design and finish a piece.

I took my first metalsmithing class in 2016, and the first time I soldered metal, it felt like alchemy. I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since. Today I design and make fine jewelry: engagement rings, heirloom redesigns, and one-of-a-kind pieces that I hope will live on for generations.

My path in jewelry wasn’t linear. I learned a lot on my own at a kitchen-table setup with thrifted and hardware store tools, then trained in Medellín, Colombia, and took classes and workshops across the country. I spent four years at Stórica Studio in Seattle, refining my fabrication and stone setting, and in 2025 I completed an advanced stone setting intensive at New Approach School for Jewelers. These days I set stones at GoldPoint Jewelry in Brooklyn, take on custom commissions of my own, and offer stone setting to other local jewelers.

For years I worked alone in a home studio, and I didn’t become a much better jeweler until I started working in a shared space. Community made me better at my craft. In Seattle I started a collective studio, Casa Werk, with my friend Kia, who shares my love of bringing people together. I taught beginner classes there for three years, and it’s still going strong with Kia leading the charge.

That scrappy start is why I work the way I do. I use ethically sourced materials and take on only a small handful of projects at a time, so every piece gets my full attention. Someday I’d love to open a little studio in Brooklyn and start teaching again, so that the next scrappy beginner has a place to start.