Years ago, when I met Joyce Chorbajian at an event for jewelry collectors, her passion about her late father's work was clear. His legacy as the man behind Hollycraft was important to her, and she freely shared that history with the collecting community. This includes providing some much appreciated and simply beautiful artist's renderings of Hollycraft holiday pieces published as a jewelry as art feature in CJCI Magazine years later.
Many of the facts, anecdotes and tidbits of information we have to cherish about the costume jewelry of yesteryear were gleaned from folks like Joyce Chorbajian. Given the holiday season is upon us, it seems like a great time to explore
