[Jewelry making - Article 00046] - Re: [Orchid] How did you come to be a jeweler?

[Jeanne Rhodes Moen]

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    hm...how does accidentally sound? 

    I was always into rocks and gems it seems..my mom used to say I'd
    bring home more rocks than books from school! When I was in college,
    I was into New Age stuff, but couldn't afford the crystal jewelry. I
    did, however, know that I could get pretty Arkansas quartz points at
    the Smithsonian Nat. History Museum for 50 cents a piece and other
    things at the local craft store. So I started making for myself, and
    someone said..."hey! make me a pair of earrings?" and that started
    it. I earned enough to buy a student ticket to Norway to visit my
    then fiancee..who had taken a course in basic norwegian filigree 15
    years earlier and still had equipment and silver in storage. So he
    showed me the real basics...I came back from that trip, bought
    equipment and just started playing and experimenting. I had a natural
    talent for it and it's developed over the years through my own work
    and through job related learning such as engraving, repairs,
    polishing etc. It's taken me 18 years, of which over 14 were spent in
    Norway, but I'm finally focusing on this as a full time career, and
    my newly published book just came in the door today! 

    Jeanne 

    PS. my original education was in Mathematics Secondary Education and
    Psychology...guess I fell a bit far from that tree!! 
    http://www.jeannius.com

 
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