Hell's cherub Kari Auerbach was born in Poe's hometown of Baltimore, and grew up all over the world. She made her first jewelry covertly while working the counter of a cruise ship gift shop. Using the detritus of the shop, she emptied "crack-looking" glass vials and transformed them into earrings. Once ashore in New York City, she toiled in an old-school apprenticeship as a Seventh Avenue costume jeweler's assistant, all the while creating her own designs on the side, which she soon sold in street fairs. She acquired such a following that ten years ago she opened Mayhem, a collective she ran with three other beautiful cherubs.

For more than fifteen years, Kari--under the sign of Kar 5--has been churning out modern-day amulets and heirlooms with her own white-knuckled hands. Among the treasure trove of charismatic, unusual and innovative work on this site (and at the store,) you are certain to find a favorite accessory or one-of-a-kind ornament to give away or keep forever. Kar 5's jewelry has been exhibited in galleries, shown overseas, and wholesaled to boutiques in the US and abroad.