If you’ve ever stepped foot in the borough of Brooklyn, you have probably admired some delicate jewelry expertly layered on a female Brooklynite’s neck, hands, wrists or ears. Even more likely, some of that jewelry is a Catbird design. Founded in 2004 by Rony Vardi as a small storefront to house all the things she likes, she quickly realized the jewelry she sold out of that storefront was what she loved the most. Fifteen years later, with the added Co-Creative direction of Leigh Batnick Plessner, Catbird is cemented as a Brooklyn staple. Recently, they let us peek into their operations at The Brooklyn Navy Yard…
