History + Industry

Irene Wood is a painter and jeweler born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Travel around the world from a young age sparked an interest in museums and artifacts. A common thread among different cultures was the distinct desire to create adornment. Noticing this, along with her own impulse for the tactile experience, Irene started her collection of beads at age 11. Glass from Turkey, amber from Egypt, jade from Taiwan, cabochons from Morocco, citrine chunks from India to name a few. What resulted has evolved over the years to bring us to History+Industry but the root is the same; a joy of collecting materials, an innate compulsion to create, a desire to adorn and a channel to connect to the community through design.