[Jewelry making - Article 01262] - Re: [Orchid] Personal training in repairing gold jewelry

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>          My name is Joanne and I am a beginner looking for an
>     instructor that would like to give me some lessons in repairing
>     gold jewelry. 

Hello Joanne,

    I am assuming you are the same Joanne Devlin, attending college in 
    Manchester UK, who  introduced herself  earlier in the digest. If it
    is you you say that your future aim is to set up your own business
    as a goldsmith. As someone who has run his own goldsmithing business
    for the past twenty years may I give you some advice. First when you
    have completed your  current college course, get a job at the bench
    and learn the daily basics of  bench work. I am afraid that the
    college environment bears no relation to having  to earn a living at
    this trade. If you intend staying in the college environment  and
    perhaps becoming part of the teaching establishment, then go ahead
    an obtain  as many qualifications as you can, because they will help
    you get a job in the  teaching environment, but qualifications won't
    help you be a goldsmith, you need  to work alongside as many
    different craftsmen that you can, then watch and  learn!! Try to
    establish your own style and quality, if jewellery is your scene 
    then learn as many aspects of the manufacturing that you can, then
    make up a  small stock of your unique pieces and offer them for free
    exhibition in a local  gallery, on a sale or return basis, this way
    for a small outlay you may get your  own business started. 

    I do not make much jewellery as I am more in demand for my
    specialist  skills in immitating the likes of Faberge, making Easter
    eggs and such like to  special commission order only. But if I can
    be of any help with advice in the  future please feel free to ask. 

    See my work on the Orchid gallery if you are interested. 

    http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/jmdesign.htm 

    By the way I have no college qualifications what so ever, I left
    school at  the age of fifteen, did an apprenticeship as a goldsmith
    and have been a working  goldsmith ever since, although slowing down
    now at the age of fifty nine. 

Good luck with your plans
James Miller

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