Name: Joel Schwalb
Email: @schwalbstudio
Address: PO Box 499
Nyack, NY 10960-0499
I am a designer/goldsmith with 27 years of experience in many
aspects of the jewelry business. I started making jewelry while
living in Spain in the early 70’s. I established a small retail
& wholesale business there and returned to the States in 1975. I
then opened a craft gallery in Nyack, NY, and started a custom
design business.Over the years I had the opportunity to design
and craft pieces for more than 2000 clients. At the beginning of
1997 I decided to close my gallery and focus on just doing
private commissions for clients. I have been doing that for the
past 2&1/2 years, working in gold, platinum & silver. I am a
graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art with an M.F.A. degree. I am
enjoying the freedom of working from my studio in my 120 year old
Victorian home in Nyack, NY, a beautiful Hudson River village
about 20 miles north of New York City. I would be interested in
hearing about how other jewelers got hooked on this way of life
and about their experiences.