The first draft

Like the city she calls home, Barbara’s creations are a reflection of intersecting yet harmonious elements. She draws equally from the linear world of architecture and the amorphous forms of nature.

Photos, both mental and literal, are taken and collected every day, everywhere: the entrance of a building, the buckle on a shoe, some dried branches, peeling birch bark. Each piece finds its resolution when these two worlds strike a balance in metal form.

Aesthetically, Barbara’s jewelry is contemporary, bold, and understatedly elegant

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She delights when the piece does not betray its process, the hand of the maker merging, even disappearing, into the material. 

But her modern sensibility does not preclude a traditional and historic sensitivity. 

 Amzallag, Barbara’s paternal family name, literally means ‘makers of chains,’ a cultural inheritance she embraces and celebrates.