Where Craftsmanship Becomes Personal
Custom designs and limited editions shaped by decades of mastery and personal care.
About Michael and Jewelry By Michael
Michael grew up in the north end of Columbus and moved to Westerville in 1967. He graduated from Westerville High School when there was only one. His experience was so good he and his wife Sharon decided to stay and raise their children in Westerville.
A Lifetime Dedicated to the
Art of Jewelry
Michael began designing and repairing jewelry in 1970 while working for a jewelry supply center. Being a real artist, mastering another medium came easy to him. So much so that in 1973, Michael opened his own wholesale facility and began repairing and designing jewelry for other jewelers in Columbus. Over the next ten years, he grew to have the largest wholesale trade shop in central Ohio, servicing an area from Middletown to Sandusky. Today he is still affectionately known as the "Jeweler's Jeweler" and "the Doctor" by his peers. If you have lived in Columbus for the last five decades, there is a good chance you have had design or repair work done by Michael. His wholesale trade shop has serviced nearly every major-name retail jeweler in Columbus through the seventies and eighties.
The Evolution of Jewelry By Michael
Michael decided to go retail in 1983 and opened Jewelry By Michael in Westerville Square in south Westerville. He followed that with the Gold Doctors at Jewelry By Michael on Dublin Granville Road in 1991. During most of those years, he continued to run his wholesale repair and design business out of his back room while operating his retail design studios. At some point along the way, the decision was made to close out all wholesale design and repair to other retail jewelers to concentrate exclusively on Jewelry by Michael Design.
Designs That Stand the Test of Time
Michael's easy-going business platform is comfortable, pleasurable, and educational, which is quite appealing, but his success has always been in his designs. Mixing a bit of vogue with timeless tradition, his eye-catching fashions have weathered the test of time. Michael is now serving second-generation customers and some third. "It's nice to see a piece I created decades ago that is still wearing well, and better yet, that it is still being worn. I am waiting for some of those 'Peace Ring' designs from the early seventies to come wandering in," Michael told us, chuckling.