“I love this little guy. I used a fruit bat as my model. He’s cast of solid sterling silver.”<\/span>

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ABOUT DANA:<\/b>
I am the jeweler that made the Mockingjay pin for the Hunger Games movie. I have made jewelry for over 50 movies at this point. This year I will have 11 movies coming out that I made jewelry for. Wolverine 2 , The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, G.I. Joe 2, Wolves, and Catching Fire are among them. This year also I have made jewelry for GLEE, Nashville, Go On, Californication and Ray Donovan which will air June 30th on Showtime.<\/span><\/p>\n

My first job after graduating from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture ( not jewelry ), was working in the jewelry repair department of Tiffany & Co. in New York City. Many of the things I learned there I still apply to my designs today. After about 2 years at Tiffany’s, I decided to start my own business and have been making jewelry ever since. Before moving to L.A. in 1999, I did do trade shows, sell through showrooms and sold to stores including Barney’s in New York City. My jewelry has been on the covers of Elle, Harpers Bazaar , Mademoiselle, and many others. I found though, that it wasn’t that fulfilling for me. I just felt something was missing. I was sitting in a movie theater in upstate New York in December of 1998 when I saw the movie trailer for ” The Matrix “. It was then and there that I decided to move to L.A. and try to break into making jewelry for movies. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When I moved to LA and it was almost a year before I worked on my first movie there. I didn’t know anyone who could help me and it was just sheer determination that got me through. If you look on my website in the ” books ” section, all of that work had been made before I moved to LA so I had a lot to show costume designers and directors when I did finally meet them. <\/span>

On my website, www.danaschneider.com you can see a big portfolio of my film work. I make everything myself. From carving all my own original wax models to the final finishing. I do not have an assistant, ( nor do I want one ) so I periodically have to close my ETSY shop to focus on my film work which will always take top priority for me. I rarely ever take a ” vacation ” .<\/span>

<\/span>…and from her Etsy Shop<\/a>:<\/span>

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