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Become Spellbound has been named Baltimore Magazine's Best Jeweler in the 2026 Readers' Poll. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted, shared, and supported this journey.

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An image of Become Spellbound founder and creator Kari Dern in her Baltimore Studio.

Feature by the The Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Small Business Development

Recently, we spoke with Kari Dern, founder and artist behind Becoming Spellbound, a jewelry brand that blends art, mythology, and natural history into powerful wearable pieces. Inspired by science fiction, folklore, and ancient materials like fossils, meteorites, and gemstones, Kari’s work is designed to...

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Kari Dern laying in dark flowers wearing dark burgundy lipstick, wearing a black handmade crystal necklace is smiling and holding a pomegranate.

The meaning of Become Spellbound

I feel so much magic in connecting with a piece of nature in the form of a naturally shed antler, an ancient and mind-blowing Megalodon fossil tooth, a few feathers tickling my neck.  These serve as a reminder that we are a part of a huge and beautiful world, full creatures who all have lessons to teach us, but also that life is fleeting, and achingly lovely in its impermanence.  We benefit from feeling connected through space and time, across the animal and crystal kingdom, and to one another.  I hope to inspire you to feel joy, connection to self and others, to delight In life's wonders, large and small, to feel both powerful and vast, and also childlike and full of love. This is what "Become Spellbound" means to me.  Love, Empowerment, Connection, Curiosity and above all Awe and Wonder!

xo,

Kari

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