MEET THE MAKER
JORDYN JACKSON
ABOUT JORDYN
Creativity showed up early in my life. I grew up making bismuth crystals with my dad, cracking open geodes in the backyard, organizing jewelry kits on the living-room carpet, choreographing little performances to Whitney Houston, and getting lost in KidPix, the early art program that first made me fall in love with graphic design.
I grew up in a home filled with mid-century design, clean lines, and the influence of my mom and Meme, both expressive women who loved texture, beauty, and bold style. When we visited Indiana in the summertime, my grandparents’ antique shop, Little Red Barn Antiques, opened my eyes to a different kind of beauty. I learned to love the contrast: clean lines at home, ornate details in the barn, and modern surfaces alongside timeworn treasures that expanded how I saw design.
That contrast stayed with me, influencing the way I mix modern edge with old-world soul in my work today.
THE ARTIST BEHIND THE STUDIO
My creative life has never fit neatly into simple categories. My creativity shifts from deep concentration to playful discovery, always reaching for whatever tool or material feels right in the moment.
If you walked into my studio, you would feel it right away: the glow of an amber candle, meticulously labeled drawers, gemstones spread out like they’re waiting for their next life, and either Brian Eno, The Japanese Coast, Kacey Musgraves, or complete, sacred silence in the background.
This is the place where I feel most like myself, fully focused and connected to the work in front of me. Something in me wakes up when I am holding metal, shaping texture, or bringing an idea to life.
When I am home in Louisville, Kentucky, my studio in our 1906 shotgun-style home becomes the place where all the inspiration I gather on the road comes into focus.
A LIFE OF TRAVEL & MUSIC
Before jewelry became part of my creative life, I expressed myself through music, travel, and fashion.
My twenties were shaped by the places I wandered. New York City was my first cosmopolitan love. A 2 month solo trip to the Ligurian coast of Italy and Paris opened up a whole new way of seeing style and design. In Liguria, I watched people from Milan stroll through the coastal streets on vacation, dressed effortlessly for beach clubs, dinners, and warm nights by the Mediterranean. Paris showed me something different. Le Marais became my creative North Star, with its quiet alleyways and small, moody boutiques full of jewelry that felt like treasures rather than products.
And then came life on the road.
As one half of the alt-folk music duo Flagship Romance, I’ve spent over a decade touring North America and Europe, and spending time where my parents now live in the country of Mexico, performing, connecting, filming, learning, and absorbing. We also spent five years living in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, surrounded by a rich arts community and the quiet beauty of the desert. Our 90-year-old adobe home became a place of constant inspiration, shaping the Southwest influence that still shows up in my work.
Everywhere we’ve traveled, I’ve collected details the way some people collect postcards: the texture of a Lithuanian wall, a conversation with a venue owner in Belgium, a roadside seashell stand in Maui, an artisan’s studio in Oaxaca, the bold art of CDMX, the warm, buzzing artistry of Santa Fe, and the history within a Venetian glass shop.
Tour life gave birth to my jewelry.
Every time Shawn, my husband and partner in music, broke a guitar string, I kept it, knowing that one day I would turn my growing collection into something new. Eventually, I made a pair of earrings from one of those strings, and something clicked. That moment led to an entire decade of selling upcycled guitar-string pieces at shows, festivals, and online. Even now, those strings feel like a direct link to our performances, a way of turning sound into wearable art.
All of that movement eventually led me to Louisville, Kentucky, the place I return to between travels to create within a community that values art, craft, and story as much as I do.
AESTHETIC VISION
Jordyn Jackson Design Studio is shaped by a world of mood and contrast: black and white punctuated by unexpected color, hammered metal beside faceted stone, and textures that feel ancient, archaeological, and imperfect in the most human way.
If my pieces lived in places, they would belong to:
INSPIRATIONS
My muses shift with the season:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Mary-Kate Olsen in their fearless glamour.
My “fairy godmother” Lis Williamson, a lifelong musician and maker who crafts beauty in every part of her world and has shown me what it looks like to live artistically with intention.
The dramatic storytelling of
Dolce & Gabbana + GUESS JEANS.
Ancient Egyptian, Mayan, and Mediterranean adornment.
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Film aesthetics and
black-and-white photography.
Vinyl records spinning softly in the next room.
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Brutalist architecture and maximalist interiors.
The artists, strangers, and landscapes I’ve met while traveling the world.
Everything I’ve seen, heard, and felt finds its way into my work.
What began as Handplayed Handmade and The Hungry Songbird eventually revealed itself to be part of one creative world. I have always moved between music, travel, storytelling, design, photography, and even the joy of creating in the kitchen, and none of it has ever felt separate. It all informs the way I see color, texture, and form.
Jordyn Jackson Design Studio is the place where these threads finally come together.
The moment I walked into my first metalsmithing class, something shifted. It felt natural and strangely familiar, as if I had returned to an old interest that had been waiting for me. It was clear this was more than a hobby. It simply felt right.
Today, my work is rooted in Louisville, Kentucky, a place whose art scene matches the rhythm of my creative life. It is home, even as I continue to travel and create around the world.
THE STORY OF THE STUDIO
GUIDING LINE
Art made slowly, worn boldly.
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