Iconery

@jacqvon Great questions! 1. Iconery 3D prints, casts, polishes and sets stones in our main manufacturing facility in Florida. All the jewelry comes through headquarters in Venice Beach before going out to the customer. 2. Some designers create a line just for Iconery, but we want them to be successful wherever they want to sell, whether on their own site or in physical retail. We produce for them regardless of where they sell. 3. Today we hand-pick and curate who's on the site. This is important so that we offer compelling selection for customers. I would personally wear every one of the 400+ pieces we have on the site. In the near future we will open the marketplace up to all designers so they have access to manufacturing, but we will always maintain a curated selection for consumers. Andrea Linett, our Creative Director (Sassy, Harper's Bazaar, Founder of Lucky Magazine and Former Creative Director for Michael Kors and eBay Fashion) selects the designers and pieces. She also works directly with influencers to develop and launch their collections on Iconery. We have some very cool people launching this year! 4. 3D printing is an important part of our manufacturing process, but once a piece becomes popular we create a rubber mold. This reduces the cost of the piece and is much more efficient time-wise. 3D printing is great for one-offs and incredibly intricate pieces. But, here's where we're different from other 3D printed jewelry sites: having the flexibility to 3D print or use rubber molds ultimately benefits the designer and consumer. It can cost upwards of $30 to print a 3D mold, whereas it's pennies for wax from rubber molds. We'd prefer to pass the cost savings onto the consumer by choosing the optimal way to produce a piece once we know it's a proven design. Besides the 3D printing, we also offer designers the capability to add stones to their designs, so consumers get incredible selection.

@caivka Thanks for the info! Great work.

@rebeccall80 Thanks Rebecca!! Xx