What does Downtown mean to you?
Youth, innovation, casual energy. Ambition, excitement — a lot of hope. I associate downtown with the early years of adulthood, when there is still so much unbridled potential, when we are all searching for the right containers to hold our creativity, and there is an intimacy and collectivism about it too, a way we are all trying to ground our dreams together.
Tell us about your Downtown ring...
The unakite really spoke to me — something about the combination of the particular shade of green mixed with pink. I didn’t know much about the stone but then read it’s a uniquely American stone that is most commonly found in North Carolina and the result of this interesting formation that occurs in hot weather. I am so drawn to natural gemstones generally because of their reminder of how incredible the gifts of our earth can be.
