Jewelry is all about the details and no one knows better than Adina Locketz, a freshman at UW-Madison, who is majoring in Fine Arts with a concentration in Jewelry and Metal Art and pursuing a certificate in entrepreneurship.
During COVID-19, Adina and her sister Emma, (UW-Madison CALS ‘25), got into arts and crafts. Making jewelry, originally as a bonding activity, Adina quickly realized her love for jewelry. As she wore her jewelry, her high school peers took notice and started to approach her to ask her if she was selling the jewelry she was wearing. Hit with a realization of a business venture, Adina quickly registered for an LLC and started selling online.
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