[Jewelry making - Article 01045] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler's former lives

[J Morley]

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    Fun thread, I started making jewelry in high school. Was an avid
    driveway rock collector before that. After high school I hitch hiked
    around the country ending up in Colorado. I'm still here 30 some odd
    years later and during that time I was driven to become an artist of
    some sort. Jewelry and metal drew me in.I worked in construction as
    a cement finisher to eat and pursued art on the side. I got jobs at
    various jewelry stores and would devour any knowledge I could get
    barely making enough to survive. I would jump in and out of the
    jewelry trade like a dog in a lake. I did shows,I sold minerals, I
    designed whole sale lines and sold them, I had 2 stores. 2 trade
    shops, Mall jeweled for 8 years, worked in a bronze foundry at night
    to pay for my own castings. Worked on monuments. Painted, made
    pottery,ships in bottles. Went to Cali worked as a lighting
    technician for Bill Grahm, Greatful Dead, Tom Petty, Santana and
    more came back to Colorado and made more Jewelry. My latest
    incarnation is another trade shop. I bought a laser welder and have a
    great studio in a building I own. I have my jewelry studio downstairs
    and my music studio upstairs. I also have been writing and playing
    music for as long as I have been making jewelry. Been flying to
    Nashville and performing and writing there. It's been a wild ride so
    far. Check out my songs at myspace.com/morley220

Cheers
J Morley
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