A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
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Katie RickerBorn and raised in Cherokee County, GA
Only child of Jim and Gayla RickerHave always enjoyed being creative. Some
things i have tried are…
Found my true
passion in jewelry
design.
First started
creating items with
pony beads. This
type of jewelry is
called “Kandi”.
“Famous Jewelers – Where They Began and Where They Are Now”
Louis Tiffany
Melvyn Bernie
Coco Chanel broke the rule that “dressmakers were never
considered a part of society”.
Before venturing into jewelry, Louis Tiffany was
commissioned by Chester A. Arthur to redecorate the reception
rooms in the White house.
Early jewelry was made of bones and teeth.
Phil and Sharon Iaquinto
Owners and Artisans
Stones To Wear
DO
…
Set up your booth so that it is well organized and
pleasing to the eye.
Position yourself in your booth so that you can easily greet and assist
customers.
Have a professional appearance and look
at your customer when speaking to
them.
Don’t
…
Have a messy, disorganized booth where your product is
hard to see or reach.
Sit far away from or be inaccessible to your customers.
Hide from your customers or act bored or
disinterested around them.
After learning some of the basic business concepts, it
was now time for the fun stuff – making jewelry.
The two most frequently used techniques in making
jewelry are wire wrapping and crimping:
Wire wrapping is used to form the loop to attach a pendant to a necklace or charms to an earring binding.
Crimping is the process of used to attach jewelry bindings onto the end of the wire.
Wire wrapping is harder than it looks. I found it a
challenge to get the wire tight against the bead and
to wrap with the same size loops. This technique took
a lot of practice to get right.
Materials – wire and a
stone pendant
Tools – pliers and wire
cutters
Cut a short length of wire
Put wire on pendant and
use pliers to fit snugly Start forming the loop Wrap the wire around
the stem
Continue wrapping down
the stem
Make sure the loops
are even
Trim excess wire with
wire cutters
WIRE
WRAPPINg
Crimping Tool
Loop the wire through the
crimping bead
Place crimping tool around
crimping bead
Crimp the bead
Wire loop with crimped bead
Use wire cutters to trim
excess wire
Crimping Process
Time to shop!!
My final project - a Coca Cola jewelry set I made for my mother
At the bead
show, I
purchased the
materials to
create my final
project, using
the skills I
learned from
the Iaquintos.
I came up with
the design, chose
the colors,
purchased the
materials, and
used crimping,
My biggest challenge is staying
focused and I was concerned
that this problem would
interfere with my ability to
learn all the details involved
in creating jewelry.
Through this Senior Project
process, I realized that
jewelry-making really holds
my attention. I think because I
enjoy it so much, it is easier
for me to stay focused. I enjoyed this project so much
that I have asked the Iaquintos
if I can continue to work with
them. I hope to one day own my own
jewelry-design business.
Thank you very much for your time