By Pat Eby Special to the Post-Dispatch
Artist Rocky Pardo knew from an early age she wanted to work with jewelry. âAs a little girl, Iâd go with my mom into James Durbin, the jewelry store our family liked, and Iâd be in there with all the beautiful things and thought: This is what I want to do,â she says.
She credits her motherâs love of unique fine jewelry, and her fatherâs encouragement of their love of jewelry, as the spark for her career success. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.