Learn | Issue 5 Fall 2021

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS/DREAM PROJECTS? In reference to jewelry, building the dream workshop is a 5-year goal. Making a new line is another goal. One of my personal goals is to continue to push my craftsmanship and find ways to be able to spend more time at my workbench. The larger

the business gets the harder it is to stay at the bench, which is where I want to be. It is a constant battle to create the time for actual jewelry creation while keeping the rest of the business moving forwards.

It is our job to educate people as to why supporting handmade work means something. “

WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF JEWELRY AND HAND ENGRAVING? People say it is a dying art form. But when you look deeply into our community of jewelers and collectors, a whole different story is being told. The future is bright! As art forms which require highly skilled craftsmanship become more rare, they will also become more in demand. It is our job to educate people as to why supporting handmade work means something. And the best way to do that is to explain it is through our craftsmanship. The quality of the artwork will always speak louder than words. IF YOU COULD PASS ONE BIT OF ADVICE ON TO OTHER ARTISTS, WHAT WOULD IT BE? In a world full of distractions, disinformation, and a dystopian outlook, we as artists find ourselves trying to make sense of it all. Simultaneously we are living in a world full of attractions, information, and the most utopian outlook mankind has ever had to look forward too. It’s all in our perspective of things. Are we going to choose to go down the path of being a victim and blaming everyone else for our own failures? Or are we going to take pride in our failures and use them as fuel to feed the flame of our artistic fury? I’ll take the latter.

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2021 FALL

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