Michal Negrin

Michal Negrin was born in 1956 in Na'an

Michal Negrin was born on December 7, 1956, at Kibbutz Na'an, to Ada and Srulik Grin. Her mother was a painter who decorated their home with items from the flea market, and as a child Negrin painted on miniatures they bought there. Her father died of a heart attack in 1965.

At 15 she first sold jewelry to a shop in Rehovot. At 22 she moved into a bus filled with her work at Moshav Neviot in Sinai, and later moved to Tel Aviv. There she met Meir, whom she married in 1984 and who became a partner and manager in her company.

In 1988 she began selling her work at the Nahalat Binyamin artists' market, which led to a shop and studio on Gordon Street. In 1992 she moved the shop to Sheinkin Street, focusing on colorful beaded jewelry. A Paris jewelry fair and a Japanese agent led to sales abroad and a global chain of stores.

In 1996 she opened a studio in Bat Yam, which grew in 2009 into a factory and visitor center. In 2007 she designed a brooch and ring for the character Dolores Umbridge in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In 2011 she had 26 stores abroad and 21 in Israel.

In September 2019 she told her 120 workers that the company would close due to financial difficulties. In 2020 she opened a new boutique at Kibbutz Na'an. She lives in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, and her daughter Yasmin is also a jewelry designer.