When you ask Jill Platner about her inspiration you won't get a wispy contrived response about some sort of obscure Tahitian poet from the 1700's. She'll tell you she's inspired by nature and it's visually apparent in her jewelry. And from that broad inspirational pot called 'nature,' the element that Platner hones in on is are the shapes and structures that exist in nature, a most obvious but supreme example of art and function going hand in hand.more...