[Jewelry making - Article 00262] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler's former lives

[Sara Commers]

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    I seem to be the only one in my family surprised at the path I had
    found as a jeweler/metalsmith/etc. My grandmother still wears the
    "friendship pin" I made of seed beads for her when I was a 1st
    grader. 

    As an artistic kid, I knew I was going to be a graphic designer,
    just like my aunt. I took my first metal working class in college and
    I vividly remember thinking, how does anyone make a living at this?
    So I pursued my graphic artists focus and ended up in L.A. working
    for an extreme sports production company. The production staff was
    small so I quickly found myself working as an athlete liasion for MTV
    Sports, production for ESPN and espn2 events, and as a DJ spinning
    the competition music for national competitions in major markets
    across the U.S. 

    When the sports season was over, I hitched a ride with a friend from
    the production crew to Colorado and taught snowboarding for a season
    at Keystone Resort in Summit County. 

    Ultimately, I was sick of being broke, hand-to-mouth work and wound
    up back in Minneapolis, my home. I started temping with Price
    Waterhouse Coopers doing IT and infrastructure work and I was
    encouraged by a good friend to get back to my artistic roots and to
    take a jewelry class at a local art center, that was in '99 and now I
    teach a class there as well. 

    I was hooked. I returned to school and studied the craft with
    diligence. And here I am, my friend and I work side-by-side in our
    studio making custom design pieces for joe-public and to satisfy our
    whims. 

    Isn't life grand? 

Sara D. Commers
Studio C Designs
C&L Gems LLC
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