A road to responsible jewellery making with Jackie Barbosa, Founder and Creative Director, Barbosa

The power of nature, celebrity endorsements, sales, making the gold supply chains more responsible and entrepreneurial communities.In this episode I speak to Jackie Barbosa. Jackie was born in Brazil and raised in the countryside. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Barbosa, an independent fine, fashion and bespoke jewellery company, where expression and beauty come to life through sculptural jewellery. Barbosa’s loyal clientele includes Amal Clooney and Viola Davis. Jackie’s original powerful yet playful view on fashion has been featured in Editorials such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel, and The Guardian.Jackie is also the Curator and Co-Founder of Reciprocity Jewels, a collective of international jewellery designers working together to show that a responsible traceable gold supply chain is possible, partnering with artisanal miners in Peru. Jackie received her Masters in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins.We speak about…Jackie’s experiences growing up in the Brazilian countrysideHow Jackie’s family helped develop her entrepreneurial spiritHow Jackie’s early fascination with nature inspired her jewellery designsHow Jackie launched her first jewellery brand with a few hundred dollarsHow Jackie ended up studying a master’s degree at Central Saint MartinsJackie’s design philosophy and why she consolidated her different jewellery brandsJackie’s experiences opening her first physical retail store in NYCThe impact of having the high-profile celebrity endorsements from Amal Clooney, Viola Davis and Brian Cox on her brandThe challenges of the jewellery industry and its impact on the environmentHow she co-founded Reciprocity Jewels, a collective of jewellery designers working with artisanal miners in Peru to improve the gold supply chainJackie’s socials:https://www.barbosanewyork.com/https://www.instagram.com/barbosanewyork/?hl=enReciprocity Jewels’ socials:https://reciprocityjewels.com/https://www.instagram.com/reciprocityjewels/?hl=enMwenya’s socials:https://www.mwenyakawesha.com/https://www.instagram.com/mwenyakawesha/https://www.instagram.com/theroadofstars/?igsh=c3g2YXhrdzU5am4y&utm_source=qr#Disclaimer: All views are my own and all my guests' views are their own. There is no product placement in this episode.