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GRS is proud to present our second edition of “Learn”! Inside you will find tips, tutorials, and a Q&A with former GRSTC student Adam Guzzon. Learn about the new Training Center facility and get insight about the TC schedule with GRS Sales Manager Josh Hamlin. This issue also features the 2021 Training Center schedule. If you have something you would like to contribute, please email GRS at creative@glendo.com.
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GRS would like to extend a huge thank you to Sam Alfano, who provided the cover art , which doubles as our 2021 Learn project. Every year we feature an artist who contributes a special Learn project to help us promote the GRS Training Center. We hope the 2021 Learn project inspires stone setting and engraving artists as we move into a new Training Center year!
CONTRIBUTORS ADAM GUZZON THE ART OF ADORNMENT, PAGE 4
Following a lifelong passion, Adam Guzzon pursued a career in jewelry, earning both his Graduate Jeweler and Graduate Gemologist Degrees from the Gemological Institute of America. He spent three years working at Alchemy, one of the most iconic jewelry stores in the Pacific Northwest. Adam has taken part in three private courses at the GRS Training Center with Todd Daniels, Rex Pedersen & Sandy Popovich, and Sam Alfano. In 2018, he studied under Master Setter Alexandre Sidorov and earned the Optical Diamond Setting Degree. He and his partner Tessa Crowther launched Guzzon Luxury
Ron Finch is the proud owner of Finch Jewelers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His family-owned store specializes in custom designed and handcrafted jewelry. A graduate of Bowman’s Technical School, he has been in the jewelry industry for 45 years. Ron is both a Jewelers of America Certified Master Bench Jeweler and a GIA Graduate Gemologist. He strongly believes in keeping up with the constantly evolving technology of the industry and prides himself on blending old-world craftsmanship with new-world style.
and have been working there full-time for the last two years.
RON FINCH 5-HEAD ROUND-PRONG SETTING, PAGE 22
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