Episode 151: Guest Beth Hutchens

The Jewelry District

JCK

Fashion & Beauty, Business News, Business, Arts, News

9.9 • 25 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky (https://www.jckonline.com/writer/victoria-gomelsky/) and news director Rob Bates talk with Beth Hutchens, founder and creative director of FoundRae (https://foundrae.com/). Beth explains how growing up on the Mexican border instilled a deep appreciation for mysticism in her at an early age, and how this guides her design aesthetic. She shares her strategies for navigating challenging times, dealing with copycats, and coping with soaring gold prices. Finally, she touches on the importance of brick-and-mortar retail and her commitment to supporting freedom of expression.Sponsor: Jewelers Mutual (jewelersmutual.com/solutions)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by Jewelers Mutual.
0:16.0	Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gamalski talk with Beth Hutchins, founder and creative director
0:22.1	of Found Ray.
0:30.1	Hey, everyone.
0:31.4	Welcome to the jewelry district.
0:33.1	This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of J-CK and J-CK Online.com.
0:38.6	I'm calling in from Los Angeles, and I'm with.
0:41.1	Rob Bates, news director of J-C-K and J-C-KOnline.com, calling in from New York City.
0:47.5	You were just on vacation, I believe.
0:49.9	I was on vacation.
0:51.3	It was glorious.
0:52.3	It was one of the more hectic vacations, but I went to, with my partner and our son, we flew
0:58.4	to Lisbon and then rented a car and drove down to the Algar, which is southern Portugal,
1:04.1	beachland, and then carried on to Spain to see my best friend who was living in Malaga,
1:08.9	or just for the month, in Malaga, but we went via
1:11.7	Seville and Gibraltar, which, because we didn't stay in Gibraltar, but I don't know if you
1:17.4	know anything about Gibraltar, but, you know, it's, you literally have to pass through immigration
1:22.2	because it's owned by the UK. So you have to exit the EU, enter the UK, and then do the same thing when you come back. But Jim's grandfather had served in Gibraltar during World War II. So it's like two hours south of Seville and then two hours west of Malaga. So it felt like it was sort of a little out of our way, but not entirely. So we got to the top of the rock and then saw the macaques. They have like all.
1:44.5	And then you can see Morocco from there. I mean, it's the closest point to Africa from Europe. And then we drove on to Molliga and spent a few days in Molliga and then carried all the way back, drove all the way back to Lisbon and hung out in Cintra for my birthday. It was lovely. We went to, I don't know if you know what Fado is. It's this incredible musical tradition that they have in Portugal.
1:44.0	It's this incredible musical
2:02.2	tradition that they have in Portugal. It's from Lisbon. It's from the neighborhood we happen to be
2:06.9	staying in the Alfama neighborhood. It's this incredibly mournful music that maybe is a bit from the Roma,
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