Voyage L.A. -ilaments Jewelry Story

Hi My Name is Lisa Ila Rocha, and what had happened was, this young Chicana from South Central grew up to be a Jewelry Designer, Healer & Artivist! 

Born & Raised in Pico Union & West Adams, I raised my two  beautiful daughters, Ila & Lucy all the while being a single Momentrepreneur!

My love of jewelry began at the earliest age of 7 years old. I would play in my Grandmother Aurora's Garden, and remember playing and making dangling earrings from flowers that my grandmother planted.

What started as a hobby, flourished during the late 90's. I studied Jewelry Design & Chicano Studies @ Pasadena City College. This is how I landed my first Jewelry Designing job with Wasabi & Dana Kellin.

At the same time, in 1999 I created ilaments Jewelry & became a Getty Museum Marrow Intern at both Self Help Graphics & The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. These jobs & internships threw me into the LA Jewelry Industry & LA Chicano/Latina Art Scene.

Thru the late 90's , I became a part of Mecha at PCC, where I helped create Mujeres de Maiz and became an Artivist, thru organizing events for various community organizations within the Chicano/Latino Community, while building my ilaments Jewelry Brand.

ilaments was Founded from my middle name "ila" which in Hopi means "one who takes on challenges" & merged with the word "ments" stemming from the word " elements" to create "ilaments" Jewelry.

I've been known for fusing my Chicana Aesthetic with my Mexican/Native American background by mixing colorful jewelry and urban style into each design.

Over the past 25 years, ilaments has been sold at Boutiques across the U.S. The Molaa Museum, The Autry Museum, The American Indian Smithsonian Museum in NYC & Washington D.C. and The Philadelphia Museum, Clark Art Institute.

ilaments Jewelry has been featured in InStyle Magazine, Cosmo Latina, Latina Magazine, Bust,Teen Vogue & has created jewelry designs for Morrissey, Erykah Badu, Gwen Stefani, Zack de La Rocha, Carla Morrison to name a few..

Ilaments was chosen as Dama de Lincoln, Brand Ambassador for Lincoln Motor Co. & has Designed for Redbull & recently for Adidas 2021 Rosa Mexicana Jersey Collaboration.

ilaments Jewelry was recently on Netflix's Gentified Season 2 and Currently sold at Mi Vida Boutique in Highland Park, Portifino Spa in Beverly Hills and now at The Monarca Sol Collective in Pasadena.

Our latest endeavor is being a part of
The Monarca Sol Collective, A Cultural Artisan Boutique located in the Playhouse Village area of Pasadena.

Shop ilaments Jewelry at these local Boutiques or online at www.ilaments.net