Please welcome our newest members!
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June Kelly
Manchester, UK
Hi My name is June Kelly and I live in Manchester, UK, with my
husband David a Musician and Luther, we have 3 dogs (Border Collies)
and two residing field mice whom have chosen to grace us by their
existence and share our town garden.
I am relatively new to the Jewellery Designing game and have been
making jewellery for the past 3 years or so (part-time). I completed
a foundation course at my local college in Metal Smithy and Visual
Design and left with 2 Distinctions (to my surprise and delight). I
find that working with metal and wire is the best stress relief from
my full time sales job and can disappear into my workshop for 8 or
10 hours at a time. Along with the above training I have purchased a
number of courses from the US, including a Wire Sculpturing and
Victoria Lansford Russian Filigree, and Eni Okens wonder ful wire
work.
As you can gather from the above my designs are ‘collective’ and I
am still experimenting where my Jewellery Design is going.
I have sold a number of pieces, although I dont, at this stage, do
any marketing
Thats it really
Thanks for taking the time to read my introduction and please feel
free to contact me.
Kind regards
June
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Karen Risinger
Oklahoma City, OK. USA
At the complete beginner stage, so I’m here to mostly read and lurk
at the moment. I am interested in learning basic fabrication at this
point, and hand-made chain.
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Michele Bowers
Fairfax, CA. USA
A curiosity that lead me to a silversmithing class at my local
college has grown in to a passion for jewelry making. I’m moving
from making pieces for myself to making pieces for everyone else.
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James B Barton
Paris, KY. USA
Hi - I’m actually an old member of the Orchid forum, but have been
inactive for many years. I have recently begun to do fused glass,
fabricated jewelry, and some sculpture. Just a hobby and I don’t sell
my work. Inactive but I have never lost my interest. I’m pretty rusty
and so are a lot of my tools, but hey never to late to start again.
I hope!