Velo Gioielli

Fashion – Portland

Handmade cycling themed jewelry. A lot of folks ask,\"what does Velo Gioielli mean?\" \"Velo\" is bike in French and \"Gioielli\" is jewelry in Italian. Two great cycling cultures. Velo Gioielli! Cycling is my passion. I ride cyclocross, road and trail. Race,tour and mountian bike. I love all things bike! This handmade bike jewelry is another extension of that love. I create jewelry along with my mother for those in mind with a passion for cycling from new, re-purposed and recycled parts. When I started bending and twisting up my first bike spoke bracelet I had no idea it would lead to all this. I realized the parts of bicycle chain become a great media and multipurpose. of metal work and multi-metal pieces. In many cases we design jewelry, then inject the cycling theme into that piece. The out come has been a unique twist where many times people looking at our work won\'t realize there is a little piece of bike involved. They just like the jewelry.