We have a great time in our location in beautiful Chester County. There is never a dull moment with hot air balloons taking off in the field, catching large toads, foxes playing in the yard, or watching red-tailed hawks fly by.
We also know how to work hard:
Expert Jewelry Repair
Restring pearls
Replace Watch Batteries
Resize Watch bands
After school Art Lessons
Saturday Art Class
Private Art Lessons
Summer Art Camp
"You own a bead shop?"
Why, yes. Let me explain. I first made a beaded bracelet when I was 10 years old and attached it to my hand-made "Cabbage Patch" doll in 1986 (The bracelet is still on the doll). Mom and dad were always fixing things and taught me how to use hand tools at a young age. Dad taught the family how to put together circuit boards and solder in the components. (He owns an electronic store in NJ) After a family dinner, we would assemble circuit boards. (I thought every family did this.)
I continuted to repair and make beaded jewelry through high school, selling some items at the Jersey Shore and repairing antique jewelry for a local antique store. I went to college thinking I would major in advertising or graphic design, (pleasing all of the "You are going to college to make jewelry?" skeptics) but I kept taking jewelry electives. I changed my major to silversmithing and graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1998 with a BFA in Crafts and minor in Art Education.
I never saw my life any other way and love making jewelry. I also love to repair customers jewelry because their jewelry is always so rich in history, memory, and emotion.
My art expertise is in watercolor, but I have been expanding my portfolio to ink drawings. These are some examples of the artwork I like to do at home. The women are based on A.Mucha drawings, an art nouveau illustrator. The flower drawing is based on a William Morris wallpaper design from the American Arts and Crafts movement. These are marker on colored paper. Right now, I am working on a large acrylic of a woman with an abstracted background. Photos coming soon!
