From San Diego to Bali: How Kasey Hughes Transformed Her Passion for Jewelry into a Global Adventure with Badfish

Kasey Hughes founded Badfish jewelry when she was studying jewelry design in San Diego, California. She starting learning the process of wax casting when she was 20. She loved the idea of traveling to learn more about jewelry crafting. That summer, she moved back home to New Jersey, and put her full effort into Badfish. This would changed her life forever. When she told her friends and family that she wanted to move to Indonesia on her own, everyone thought she was crazy. Now, 21 years old she moved to Bali, Indonesia on her own in pursuit of following her dreams. She's surfing some gnarly waves, and creating jewelry with amazing people. She decided that she would take her jewelry studies into her own hands independently from the typical college experience. She now is learning and handcrafting her pieces with the help of her local friends, Kutut, Agus, and Abi. Her concentration as a jewelry creator is making the jewelry from ethically sourced materials and handcrafting the jewelry.