Bringing together diverse influences is a key theme of Diana Hall’s life as well as her work. She grew up in Bremen, Germany and still has vivid memories of watching the city’s goldsmiths through their shop windows as they plied their craft. Later, she moved with her family to the coast of Massachusetts where her father started a business producing spars and rigging for high-performance sailboats. As a teenager, Diana focused her energies on a variety of creative pursuits. After high school, she attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1994 with a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing.

Diana was introduced to the unique properties of carbon fiber while working for her father’s company after graduation. She began to incorporate carbon fiber into her jewelry uniting it with precious metals to create a unique synthesis. The immense strength and intricate woven pattern of carbon fiber beautifully complement the properties of traditional jewelry materials including gold, silver and precious stones.

Working in her Rhode Island and Caribbean studios, Diana has continued to build on this theme, producing an expanding line of jewelry that constantly reinterprets this melding of materials in fascinating new ways.