As a fine jewelry artist, Elaine is the heart and soul of EVB Design signature fine jewelry art. Her jewelry design studio is nestled in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains along the Monterey Bay of California.  She primarily draws inspiration for her work from nature. Nature continuosly renews her spirit as she feels the gentle breezes and listens to the soothing sounds of the Pacific Ocean waves in the Monterey Bay or as she strolls amongst the majestic Santa Cruz Mountain redwood forests. Many of Elaine's jewelry pieces reflect her appreciation and love of nature through her contemporary flowing designs which often capture the essence of flora and the sea as well as other forms of nature.

Elaine has a B.A. degree in Art from the State University of New York (1979). While she was attending SUNY as an art major, she took a jewelry class and fell in love with this particular 3 dimensional form of art and relished the fluid movement that she was able to create in a jewelry sculpture. She continued to focus her creative energies through the medium of fine jewelry creations in additional jewelry art courses.

After she graduated college she moved to CA and worked in an established lost wax jewelry design shop. She continued to develop her own unique signature style of blending fine art and jewelry during her eight years at the jewelry casting studio and was ready to go out on her own. EVB Design fine jewelry art was born. In the meantime, Elaine continued her formal fine jewelry art education by participating in various workshops in San Francisco as well as attending classes at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Art in San Francisco. She also completed the diamond course work at the G.I.A. gemological institute in Santa Monica,CA. Elaine nutured her designs, allowing them to blossom. "Sleek, Simple, Elegant™" has become her signature style, as a professional fine jewelry artist for more than twenty-five years.

Among Elaine's other various positions in the art field, she has served as an art critic for a local newspaper as well as performed as an art gallery display curator while earning her B.A. degree. She has exhibited her work at select galleries in California and Arizona. Elaine prefers working directly with the fine jewelry art collector and exhibits her work at contemporary juried art shows as well.

"...The focus of my work is to create asymmetrical harmony and balance. And to create motion through the use of light combined with the movement of the wearer..." - Elaine V. Bailey - Means Owner/Fine Jewelry Artist

Contact Elaine to have her explain the process and unique investment in a handmade piece of custom fine jewelry art or a one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art created just for you. Once you do, you will understand why people who purchase their first piece of Elaine's unique signature designer artist jewelry, soon become collectors of EVB Design's fine jewelry art.