[Jewelry making - Article 00276] - [Orchid] Introducing - Alysia Murray

[Alysia Murray]

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Alysia Murray
Laguna Beach, CA. USA

    Hello ... I'm sort of a returning member, from a few years ago. A
    native Southern Californian [usa], and previously employed by
    [husband and pre-marriage] as a graphic designer - I've taken the
    past 3 yrs off becoming a mom to my 2.5 YO wonderful little boy whom
    I adore. After a rough financial period and selling some newly
    purchased equipment to make ends meet, we have moved into the house
    in which I grew up, and there is a nice little workshop in the
    garage area that my father used for woodworking and fishing tools
    etc, that I'm setting up to do some small-scale silver work
    [whatever that means - I've seen some pretty incredible stuff come
    out of small places!]. I've been making jewelry as a hobby using
    beads & wire since I was in high school [I'll be 40 next month -
    yikes!], and now, possibly in my "mid-life" stage, I've decided to
    start a business - doing something I really *love* to do, instead of
    something I *can* do, but I hate doing! So, primarily I'm working
    with the beads and wire right now, and I've added PMC to the mix,
    making small charms & links etc. I rather spontaneously created a
    mini "line" for little girls, and got the guts up to approach 2
    children's boutiques here in town, and now they each have 4 of them
    [2 which they bought straightaway and 2 on consignment]. As for
    working with the PMC, I love it - but it is only getting me thinking
    about what is it like to work with wax, and the potential
    cost-effectiveness of having certain little charms 'n' things sent
    out to have cast in sterling. I've never worked with wax though, I
    like the clay form of the PMC, so there will be a learning curve [as
    with everything else]. 

    Anywho ~ I just got my tanks and torch setup - have not even fired
    it up yet ... I need to set up my "sink" [the 2 liter water jug that
    will drain into a bucket], so I can set up my pickle pot which will
    be complete with the "shut-off timer" as seen in the current issue
    of LJ - by pulling the 'on' pin out of a regular timer I got at the
    hardware store], so I can actually solder. In the meantime I've been
    studying all the safety info, so I can sleep at night. 

    Looking forward to being a part of the list - I hope I don't have
    TOO many really stupid questions - the archives have been a
    wonderful resource so far. 

~Alysia Murray
Southern CA, USA ~ near the beach :)

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