[Welcome] New Members for September 12, 2008

Jewelry Discussion
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Please welcome our newest members!

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Kathy D Welsh
A Mother’s Love
Fallston, Maryland. USA

I have a small cottage jewlery making business where I specialize in
personalized Mother’s jewelry.

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Mona Afrand
North vancouver, Canada

I was interested in jewelry since childhood as I had my first show
when I was 16.Years have passed and I knew something is missing in
my life.Finally when I started to have a part time job in a jewelry
store I thought that’s it.Now I took the first session of
silversmithing course a few days ago an d let’s go on…

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Halina J Abend
GTJD Inc.
Chicago, IL. USA

I’m mostly interested in learning and improving my designing skills.
To many people forget that jewelry needs to be produced after it is
designed. Knowledge of the production is a basic step in the design.

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Uday G
New York, USA,

A Graduate Gemologist from GIA, worked as a wholesale trader in
Diamonds, Color stones, Pearls and Fine Jewelry for over 15 Years.

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Cedric Sansen
Sansen & Gangi
Verlaine, Belgium

http://www.sansengangi.be

Bench jeweler since 25 years in Belgium and other countries… Love
to share, and curiosity could be my middle name… Love high end
custom jobs… The one you have to think… But don’t worry I don’t
take me too seriously…

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Joseph R Hughes
Pinnacle Jewelry
Barbados

I have been in retail jewelry for many years. My wife and I own our
business. We have been to JCK and JIS shows to keep in touch with
the latest. Changing trends have been pushing us into manufacturing
and so currenyly we seek to learn as much of and as fast as about
everything relevant

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I'm mostly interested in learning and improving my designing
skills. To many people forget that jewelry needs to be produced
after it is designed. Knowledge of the production is a basic step
in the design.

Very refreshing! Since I have had personal experience working with
designers who had no clue about fabrication phase, this is very
refreshing indeed.

Leonid Surpin