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Though the jewelry looks like marble, it`s actually lightweight basswood that Gates has marbleized to resemble the rich-looking, shiny stone.
”I got the idea from a furniture designer I used to go out with,” she said. ”He was painting on wood, and I thought, `Why not make jewelry?` ” The relationship ended, but the Heather Gates Design company was born 3 1/2 years ago.
Most of the 26 earring and 12 pin designs are very architectural in design, shaped into triangles, rectangles, squares.
Gates` jewelry is being carried by Marshall Field`s at Water Tower Place and by J.L. Ansteth Jewelers Ltd., in the United Terminal at O`Hare International Airport. Suggested retail prices range from $20 to $48.