​​I grew up on the Lower East Side of NYC in a home that loved art. My dad, a designer and artist, and my mom, an architectural historian and decorative arts expert, sparked my passion for gems and jewelry. I lived in two worlds—school on the Upper East Side surrounded by preppy vibes, and weekends in Greenwich Village with mohawks and fishnets.  ​

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My education started at home. My mom taught me about identifying antique / Vintage objects, while my dad showed me about design and production of large scale artistic creations like, mosaics, stained glass, and enameling repousse.  Summers were spent in a 200-year-old farmhouse filled with historical treasures, and weekends were spent hunting for antiques with my mom in the Berkshires. She taught me how to spot real from fake and understanding the artistry behind it all.

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​In my free time, I’d wander through the jewelry district or visit antique shops looking for vintage pieces I could make into something new. A membership in high school to the MET was my favorite gift, where I’d spend hours in the ancient jewelry sections or sketching under Tiffany’s stained-glass windows in the American Wing.

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People often ask how I came up with my business name. It’s inspired by a few things: a nod to NYC’s nickname during the Gilded Age, ever wonder where NYC's the Knicks got their name? Two prominent designers during the Gilded Age whose designs sparked some of my earliest inspirations, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Peter Carl Fabergé, most famous for Fabergé Eggs. And a final nod to my love for Peaks Island in Maine, where there's a magical road called Knickerbocker Lane.

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Despite my love for all things vintage and artistic, I ended up in corporate America after graduating from Johns Hopkins with a degree in Political Science with a minor in Aboriginal Anthropology. I worked in NYC and DC after college then headed West to Denver University where I got my MBA.

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I've always had a passion for designing and making jewelry. I crafted necklaces for my bridal party and my closest friends, and even created matching custom rings for me and my sister, who was my maid of honor. During grad school and throughout my years in corporate America, I had friends ask me to find or have jewelry made from a one-of-a-kind pieces. It was such a joy to make jewelry for my friends and their wives, mothers or daughters. 

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While I worked in the Tech industry during the day, by night, I was in the studio learning to enamel, goldsmith and silversmithing techniques as well as lapidary art.

 

When I was asked to create on-of-a-kind jewelry for the Denver Fashion show not just once but twice - I knew it was time to pursue my passion in earnest.  ​