[Welcome] New Members for July 30, 2013

Orchid Circulation: 13,000 members!

Please welcome our newest members…

Roy J Kersey
Seymour, TN. USA

I am a gem cutter and faceter and also do silverwork. I also work on
brass musical instruments and do functional pottery on the wheel.

Linda G Scally
Santa Clara, CA. USA

Metalsmith Student

Stepan Simonian
Torrance, USA

Retired aerospace engineer. My hobby is jewelry design using
conventional and non-conventional techniques (such as etching, laser
cutting, reverse electro plating etc.). I am very much interested to
learn new processes in jewelry fabrication.

Tara Mattia
Apex, NC. USA

Hello! I started making jewelry at the end of 2011 with micro-wire
wrapping and a year later started taking metalsmithing classes. I’ve
completely fallen in love with it and am currently setting up an
at-home metal studio so as to have more time to devote to learning.

Annette Ouwehand
Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Hello everybody, I’m 53 and only started recently with this new
hobby. But what a hobby! As I’m still a beginner I’m hoping to
improve my skills and find my own style. Due to rheumatism I can not
work everyday and some techniques will allways be beyond me but
there is so much fun in the things I am learning!

Andy S Hendricks
Little Rock, AR. USA

Started in the Gem business in 1974 on a dealer/wholesale basis.
Buying rough and furnishing finished gems.

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Hi to Tara from NC! Would like to invite you to join the NC Society
of Goldsmiths - we have a Facebook page (which by the way is open to
anyone) - 758753235 Our website is http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/z5
and membership link is there. We hold workshops about four times a
year, meetings four times a year, and it is a great group of folks
who like to make jewelry and work with metal and stones!

Beth Wicker
Three Cats and a Dog Design Studio