Irina Rapaport is an artisan and mixed media artist; she has been practicing in the art and crafts field for more than 18 years.

Trained in architecture, Irina draws her influences largely from patterns, geometry and textures. The artist is recognized for the simplicity of elements she is able to distill in her work. The sculptural quality of her wearable art makes each piece a one-of-a-kind art jewelry object.

Irina designs her pieces using her own hand made collage and wire beads. For the collage beads, paper, gold and silver leaf are applied onto wooden beads or on ceramic beads that the artist makes herself. The curly wire beads are made from black, silver and colored copper wire, wrapped and then spun into balls. Irina is mixing the collage and wire beads with other textures and materials to create her one of a kind jewelry pieces. Her jewelry motifs revolve around themes of color, texture and juxtaposition of shades and hues of same tones. She creates a bold and graphic distinctive line of jewelry.