This jewelry is some of my all time favorite. Every Georgia woman should own at least one piece. Gogo uses bones and shells from Cumberland Island as inspiration to create her gold and silver jewelry. You can visit her store in the Sea Island shopping center on Saint Simons- near the Harris Teeter, which has a great wine selection by the way, one of her stores on Martha's Vineyard or shop online.
Transforming the intricacies of nature into jewelry has been done throughout history. "For the most part you cannot improve on nature's designs," and that appreciation for her natural surroundings is how Gogo Ferguson creates her spectacular line of jewelry.
Growing up on the unspoiled island called Cumberland off the coast of Georgia, her love and respect for the land is as strong as the Timucuan Indians who inhabited the island thousands of years prior to her. Gogo's family have been active stewards for six generations on Cumberland, which now exists as a National Park due to their love and desire to protect forever this very special place. 
"The natural patterns I use from bones or shells that I find and cast in 14K gold and silver, I see repeated as well in Indian pottery chards; evidence of their same appreciation for nature's designs thousands of years ago." "It is this recycling of nature whether it be in pottery, jewelry or fabric design that I find so exciting. What most would step over on the tide line, I see in a completely different light - it will ultimately become one of my designs."
"The natural patterns I use from bones or shells that I find and cast in 14K gold and silver, I see repeated as well in Indian pottery chards; evidence of their same appreciation for nature's designs thousands of years ago." "It is this recycling of nature whether it be in pottery, jewelry or fabric design that I find so exciting. What most would step over on the tide line, I see in a completely different light - it will ultimately become one of my designs."
It is GoGo's passion for Cumberland and her work that have caused her business to be such a success. Sold in galleries and boutiques nationally and internationally, GoGo has acquired an impressive list of collectors. She has two stores on Martha's Vineyard open June thru October.
In their travels around the world, GoGo and her husband David Sayre have fallen in love with Morocco and have consequently opened a Moroccan gallery as well. "Their culture, traditions and exquisite sense of color and design have captured our love and respect. It is a perfect compliment to my jewelry. Our designs are but small links in sustaining our traditions and lifestyles, a reflection of our appreciation for our surroundings and our land. It is a wonderful feeling to see others feel the same connection to nature and enjoy collecting my work." http://www.gogojewelry.com/
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