Margarit's designs are about the color and cut of glassHer
love of art and beauty began before she was born.It started
in Europe from her greatgrandfather who was a pioneer in
photography. His photographs and studio equiptment are
part of a permanent collection at Harvard University's
Houghton Library.
Margarita was born in New York and raised in Westport
Connecticut by an art director and a classical pianist
mother. In Westport she had private studies in dance and music, studied Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. While in New York she performed Off Broadway and daytime TV. Margareta continued on to Lucca, Italy for private art studies.
Margarita traveled in Europe, eventually settling on the island of Mykonos, Greese. She had a boutique making custom ceramic jewelry for Europeans from synthetic Italian clay hand-painted and baked in the sun.
After experiencing military coups, Margarita returned to the states settling in Rhode Island. She opened an eclectic boutique on the Eastside of Providence featuring her work. Margarita has done custom designs for opera and country and western singers and a boutique chain in Tokyo Japan. Since 1979 to the present time she has sold her limited edition line accross the USA, Vergin Islands and Canada to museums, galleries and select boutiques.
Diversity in the arts has always been in Margarita's soul. which is reflected in her limited edition vintage glass jewelry. Owning a piece of this work is sharing and enjoying a part of Margarita's history.
