Award winning designer Mark Schneider specializes in contemporary designs. His jewelry creations are known for their simplicity and clean, fluid lines. Mark uses unusual gemstones and diamonds to create his distinct designs.

A firm believer in allowing the gemstones to "talk to him" before he creates a design, Mark's philosophy of jewelry is to create designs as wearable art. His passion for unusual stones is well served by his friendship with several award-winning gemstone cutters, making for a creative collaboration in which he adds his own unique signature to the stone. A third-generation jeweler, Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University at Long Beach where he studied art and jewelry design. Mark has a wide range of jewelry designs from classical diamonds rings to whimsical animal jewelry.

Mark creates fashion-forward award winning designs in an effort to push himself and his product to the next level. Throughout the design process, Mark is intimately involved with every process from the designs' conception to the final touches that make his pieces unique and distinguishable. To constantly test himself and his designs, he enters numerous designs competitions where he has proven himself again and again.