[Welcome] New Members for September 4, 2011

Orchid Circulation: 11,500 members!

Please welcome our newest members…

Jean Hatch
Webster, TX. USA

I am a metalsmith and enamelist.

Sharon D Smith
Erie, PA. USA

I’m currently working on my MFA in Jewelry/Metals at the University
of North Dakota, after which I plan to teach Metalsmithing at the
university level.

Beverly Anne Brown
Simply Elegant Designs
Atascadero, California. USA

Lapidary and wire-wrap artist for about 12 years, with a few months
of formal training at local community colleges. Also dabbled in
fabrication/soldering/silver-smithing. Member of local gem and
mineral society. Display and sell jewelry at local art galleries.
Participate in county-wide art studios tour. Striving for perfection
in my work and always looking for quality to pass on to
my customers and improve my work.

Patricia Readick Alexander
Jewelry By Patricia
Atascadero, CA. USA

Gemologist-GIA 1972

Sofi Etsadashvili
Georgian cloisonne enamel jewelry
Tbilisi, Georgia,

i am designer and artist. i have been enameling for already 10
years.

Cheryl Olson
Little Egg Harbor, NJ. USA

Hi, My name is Cheryl Olson. I am a retired librarian who took up the
study of gemology and jewelry arts after I left work. I like the
organic nature of your site, it grows and changes rather than
stagnates. Keep ut the good work. Cheryl

Jacquelne A Nantier-Hopewell
Palladiverse
Manassas, VA. USA

I am an upstart reseller and designer. I am profoundly allergic to
metal (gold, silver, nickel etc) and so I started searching for
fashion jewelry I could wear and the only thing I could wear was
Platinum. At 1,800.00 plus and ounce that got too expensive. So then
I started researching Palladium, and found this is a metal I am not
reactive too. However, no one really carries much of it retail. So I
decided to create a boutique Palladium fashion jewelry design
business with my son who is a design student. I hope to start
selling my designs within the next two to four months.

Erkki Eddie Kokko
Ed’s Craft
Helsinki, Finland

http://edscraft.com

I’m a metalsmith from Finland. I use traditional craft skills to
create jewelry, sculptures, utility items, business gifts, etc. I
like to work with bronze, brass, silver… well, ALL kinds of
metals! :smiley:

I also perform skilled cleaning and repair work on jewelry,
chandeliers and other metal objects, as well as manufacture replicas
of missing metal parts in chests of drawers, cupboard locks,
chandeliers, etc.