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Cynthia Bach
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Cynthia Bach is an American jewelry designer based in Los Angeles, California. Her eponymous line is carried by Neiman Marcus and other retailers. Early life Cynthia Bach was born in Tachikawa, Japan where she lived until 1958. Her father was a United States Air Force Officer and her mother a German national. She studied art and philosophy in Europe and the United States, graduating from McMurry University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She then apprenticed with master jeweler Jim Matthews in Abilene, Texas. Career In 1982, Bach opened a jewelry store in Abilene, Texas with Jim Matthews called Goldesign, specializing in custom designed jewelry. In 1989 they were recruited by Van Cleef & Arpels to run the design and fabrication department on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. In 1991 Bach launched her own jewelry collection based on royal iconography and heraldic imagery. Her designs are created in collaboration with Jim Matthews. Her initial collection was bought by Neiman Marcus and Asprey & Garrard. In 2000, Bach launched the “Gitan Collection,” inspired by Romani art and fashion of the 19th century. In the book Women Jewellery Designers by Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld, Bach cited the intricate filagree work of the 19th century Italian jewelry master Forunato Pio Castellani as an inspiration. Bach has been featured in multiple fashion magazines and museum exhibitions. In 1989 Salma Hayek Pinault wore Cynthia's platinum tiara to the Association Dinner that later became part of a traveling exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with the Field Museum, Chicago; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; and the Houston Museum of Natural Science and is now housed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Exhibitions * 2010: McMurry University - “A Climb of Passion” Retrospective Exhibition * 2015: The Nature of Diamonds Traveling Exhibition - Organized by the American Museum of Natural History **Royal Ontario Museum ** The Field Museum, Chicago ** Houston Museum of Natural Science 
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