[Jewelry making - Article 00932] - Re: [Orchid] A Jewelry Buyer's Guide

[Catherine Clinch]

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    Your point is well-taken.  I grew up in New York City and now live
    in "the good part" of Los Angeles.  In between, in the early 70's, I
    did time (a term that implies imprisonment because, in so many ways,
    it was) on the Gulf coast of Florida.  Going from midtown Manhattan
    to a place where the streets were paved with sand and seashells was a
    definite culture shock.  And before anybody jumps all over me, I do
    understand that the place has built up significantly in the ensuing
    decades...but I digress. 

    Be that as it may, my husband is from Peoria, Illinois - where we
    have many friends and relatives.  I've found that these folks have a
    surprising level of sophistocation.  When my husband's best friend's
    wife showed an interest in (and a talent for) making jewelry, I
    suggested that she try to start her own jewlery business.  Her
    initial response was to claim that "the only kind of jewelry people
    around here will buy has to have cows on it."  Well, as a joke, I
    made her a cow pendant out of onyx, white jade and rose quartz. Soon
    after, she started making some pieces of her own out of gem stones
    and all of the gals she knows are lining up to have her make them
    some pieces. 

    I believe in the theory that "if you build it they will come" - and
    they'll recognize the difference in quality between a plastic cow and
    an onyx cow. 

cc

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