Pam's adventure in the creative world began as an apprentice at OM, a jewelry shop in Coconut Grove, Florida while she was a student. This is where she learned the lost wax process, how to hammer chain links, solder and polish jewlery. After graduating college with a BFA, she moved to New York City and worked at Redbook & Esquire in magazine production. Pam went on to spearhead production operations at Children's Television Workshop and Time Magazine and the venerable New Yorker Magazine. As SVP of Manufacturing and Technology, her creative thinking brought radical changes to the creative and business sides of the magazine in the form of technology that sped the progress of pages to press allowing for later deadlines and more topical news for the editors. (She even figured out how to attach a peel-off label to satisfy subscriber demands to save their beloved New Yorker covers!)
In 2002, in search of something new that would use her creative side, she began making jewelry again and her passion was reignited. Being a former painting student, her color and design skills came through in her early jewelry designs, using a palette of gemstones instead of paint. Pam Older Designs was launched in 2003 with an organic and feminine collection.
Soon after, Pam was featured in Oprah Magazine in an article about reinventing herself as a designer and More Magazine published her story in a book. The highlight of her jewelry career was when her jewelry was discovered by the Sundance Catalog.
In addition to her online, you can find her work in the distinctive Sundance Catalog,The Dark Horse in Scarsdale, NY, The Velvet Maple in Narrowsburg, NY, Helen Thomas in Andover, MA, Muzio Gallery in Essex, MA, Artisans Way in Concord, MA and In & Co. in Stowe VT.
“I am inspired by my customers and never tire of learning from them. My most inspired designs come to me after listening to what they love. I am amazed at the close connections women quickly make with each other and it's this aspect of the business that I love most."
Pam closed her beautiful shop in Newburyport in 2023 to pursue painting full time, but still produces her line for her shops and catalog customers.
