Ed Levin began designing jewelry while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked with a master Florentine jeweler. He brought what he learned back to the United States and founded Ed Levin Jewelry. He has passed his artistic vision and skills down to the next generation of master craftsmen who carry on his legacy. His jewelry is still handcrafted using age-old techniques and only the finest materials.


Saddle Bracelet
This engraved bracelet is truly a piece of art. The lightly hammered bangle splits at the front of the piece to hold a large engraved floral plaque, which also serves as the anchor for the tongue and groove clasp. Available in Sterling Silver, Two-tone Sterling and 14k Yellow Gold (pictured above ), and solid 14k Yellow Gold. The bracelet measures 1" at its widest point.


Shadow Box Necklace
This unique, three dimensional slide style pendant features a triangular "frame" above a pool of Sterling Silver or 14k Yellow Gold, where a 6mm bead appears to be floating. The pendant measures 3/4" long by 3/4" wide at the widest point, and includes an 18" Sterling Silver snake chain with a handmade hook and eye clasp. Choose from all Sterling Silver, Sterling with a 14k Gold bead, or Sterling Silver with a 14k Gold pool and bead (pictured).


Water's Edge Ring
This eclectic puzzle style ring, available in 5mm and 7mm widths, has a wonderful organic feel. Choose Sterling Silver, 14k Yellow Gold, 14k White Gold, and Two-tone Sterling and 14k Yellow Gold.

Company Statement
Ed Levin Jewelry offers designer jewelry in gold, sterling silver, and platinum. All of our jewelry designs are loving handcrafted at our workshop in Cambridge, New York, by our staff of skilled craftspeople. Our handcrafted jewelry comes with a lifetime guarantee. Other handmade designer jewelers cannot make that same guarantee. Our designer jewelry is of heirloom quality. Ed Levin collectors have been adding our designs to their jewelry box for decades. You haven't experienced handcrafted designer jewelry, until you have experienced Ed Levin jewelry.

About Ed Levin
Levin was born February 4, 1921, in New York City and grew up in Long Beach on Long Island. He studied fine arts at Columbia University, and later at Alfred University, the New School, and the Barnes Foundation. He successfully obtained conscientious objector status during World War II.

In 1948, Levin lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studied with a Florentine master jeweler. In 1949, Levin married Ruth Perlmutter, and lived on the Upper West Side in New York City.

In 1950, he and his founded Ed Levin Jewelry, and made jewelry on the stove top in their New York apartment. He traveled by bus throughout New England to sell his jewelry to college students. In 1953, the couple moved to Shaftsbury, Vermont, where Levin sold his artwork and jewelry from Ed Levin Arts Workshop, established in a building on their property. In 1964, he moved his workshop to Bennington where he opened a retail shop.

In 1968, Levin married Ruth Pearl Bluestone Dale, bought a house in Cambridge, NY, and moved his wholesale business there. While Levin continued to design jewelry, he also spent time in his studio painting, sculpting, throwing pots, and inventing tools.

Ed Levin Jewelry, Inc., considered the oldest and largest hand-crafted jewelry manufacturer in the United States, is owned by the family and currently sells to hundreds of retail shops throughout the country.

Levin was adamant in his beliefs and followed his own path. Life, for him, was a continuing exploration of ideas, the senses, and challenging the status quo. He actively supported peace, human rights, civil liberties, and environmental protection.

Levin said, "The diversity and richness of the natural world and all of the peoples who have inhabited it will always inspire both art and jewelry. The connections are not necessarily direct or obvious, but our present is still connected to the earth forms and ancestor creations that abound and still touch us."

Edward Levin, of Cambridge, New York, and Cedar Key, Florida, died February 23, 2008, at his home in Cedar Key. He was 87. He was an artist, craftsperson, jeweler, painter, sculptor, ceramist, and inventor of machines, tools, and processes to enhance creativity in jewelry making.