Jewelry by Etta

Jewelry as Art: Etta Goodstein

Jewelry Designer, Etta Goodstein designs and produces an extraordinary range of one-of-a-kind works of art using amazing gemstones and precious metals. This exhibition is a retrospective of her unique jewelry designs from 1968 through the present. Etta works with a variety of gemstones set in karat gold and sterling silver. Especially well know for her work with Australian opals, she also includes champagne diamonds, pink tourmaline's and color changing sapphires in her wearable art.
Etta has been designing and creating hand-crafted jewelry since 1968. In 1970, she opened her shop, Jewelry by Etta, in West Dennis in an antique full-Cape studio/shop, where she creates only unique pieces of jewelry. Her work has been displayed worldwide in juried exhibitions.
Born in Chicago, she moved to Worcester, MA at age 6 and attended high school there. She explored many forms of artistic media until she attended her first silversmith class in high school. Once she had the experience of one small piece of work, she knew she had found her creative center, and never looked back. Excited by the potential, she also took a night class at The Craft Center in Worcester. After high school, she moved to Cambridge with $10 in her pocket. Working on Charles Street in Boston in 1970 was a wonderful experience and helped shape her future in her chosen field. Six short weeks later she started her own wholesale company.
In 1972, she decided to try retail once again. This time it achieved the momentum she needed to start her journey that has taken her around the world, and provided a quality of life she could not have possibly imagined. Challenged intensely by a cancer diagnosis in 2010, she continues to follow her dream to wherever it leads her. She’s humbled, honored, and grateful when she sees her work on a person who has come to cherish the heirloom-quality pieces she feels fortunate enough to have created over the years.
As seen at the Cape Cod Museum of Art Dennis, MA. Spring 2012.