[Jewelry making - Article 01020] - Re: [Orchid] Starting Out

[David L. Huffman]

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Hello Vladislav;

>     How long you "fed" the craft before it starts to "feed" you? 

    I'm sure I'm still "feeding" it. After I got my first metals degree,
    I found all I could qualify for was a minimum wage job in a trade
    shop. I got another higher degree and then I worked at the bench for
    another 20 some years before I got close to a decent wage for the
    skills I had. Then I went out on my own. Now, three years later, I am
    making a little over half of what I had made when I worked my last
    job for somebody else. My employees will probably rise much faster
    that I did, and if that happens, I will be happy. Keep the picture as
    big as you possibly can because life is short and we never live long
    enough to really be certain our choices were the right ones. 

David L. Huffman

 
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