Judith Mullen vintage costume jewelry
Judith Mullen vintage costume jewelry
Born in New Jersey in 1938, Judith Woracek is a talented New York-based illustrator, writer, anthropologist, and jewelry designer.
In 1959, Judith graduated from Vassar College, where she studied anthropology. An artist by vocation, she has always been interested in painting, creativity, and jewelry. After graduating from college, she worked in a variety of roles, from art director to magazine illustrator.
Her first husband, Thomas Donald Barry (1936 – 2014), with whom she had lived for ten years, was a writer and publicist. She was then known as Judith Woracek Barry. The second marriage to documentary film editor and maker John P. Mullen lasted from 1976 until his death in 2008. In the 1980s, a mother of four children, Judith began creating her author’s costume jewelry under the name Judith Woracek Mullen. Her company Judith W Mullen Designs, was located at 224 West 35th Street 805 New York, NY 10001. Decorations created in the 1980s are museum-worthy pieces of art. Handicraft, unique design, high quality workmanship and limited quantity make these vintage pieces highly collectible.