The Designer

KJK Jewelry was established in 1985 by designer and CEO Katherine Kornblau. Since that time, Katherine has evolved from selling handmade jewelry from her little red wagon by the beach into one of the most versatile and respected jewelry designers in her industry today. Expanding on a lifelong love of global art and culture, Katherine spent time in Lima, Peru, Guadalajara, Mexico and studied at the Ecole de Louvre in Paris while completing her Art History degree at Oberlin College. Her international education and interests are reflected in her designs and are ever popular with museums and art galleries both nationally and internationally.

The Company

The studio and the showroom of KJK Jewelry, Inc. are located on Madison Avenue, one block away from the Empire State Building. All aspects of business, from inital design through production to shipping, occur in the New York studio. Each piece of jewelry is carefully designed by Katherine before being handcrafted by her and her skilled staff. Utmost attention is paid to the quality and the detail of each piece. Being hand made in the USA enables KJK to precisely match the customer's needs. It also enables KJK to continuously expand their product line and to promptly meet customer deadlines.

The Mission Statement

" Our mission is to provide museums with beautiful, culturally specific jewelry designed to compliment their exhibitions. To this end, we have searched the world and reference material, to bring you designs that reflect our world's rich cultural diversity and a variety of historical eras. Collections range from Art Deco to Zoological, Ancient Egypt to Contemporary. In addition, we often include educational inserts with our pieces to further the customer's understanding and appreciation of our jewelry. We believe it is extremely important for museums to create more custom products in order to reflect their institutions holdings, thereby educating the customer and disseminating the rich beauty found in the museum. This allows the customer to take home a bit of their museum experience and remember it whenever they put on their beautiful piece of jewelry."