{"id":2343,"date":"2019-02-07T20:46:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T20:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2019-02-07T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T21:08:20","slug":"2343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/metalwerx\/2019\/02\/07\/2343\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Warg: Setting the Pace with fARTlek Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metalwerx instructor Pauline Warg has been dedicated to making jewelry since childhood. With 35 years of professional experience Pauline has picked up countless skills and techniques over the years.\u00a0 In fact, Pauline\u2019s love of jewelry began when she was given a trinket kiln to play with as a child. Pauline became infatuated with the glossy finish and bright colors of enamel on copper.\u00a0 Tucked away in the family basement Pauline would sift and fuse enamels to create her very first pieces of jewelry. Attention to detail came naturally to Pauline, in her teenage years she would spend hour\u2019s bead weaving intricate patterns. With a few semesters under her belt at college in Ohio, it was clear that jewelry would be her path.\u00a0 In the spring of 1970 Pauline began an extensive 3 year apprenticeship with Master Goldsmith Phillip Morton of Contemporary Jewelry Holt, Rinehart & Winston. In lieu of an application Pauline was asked to raise a silver bowl on the spot! \u00a0The apprenticeship covered every detail of being a successful contemporary craftsperson.\u00a0 As said by Pauline \u201cWe learned design, fabrication, casting, silversmithing, marketing, retailing, bookkeeping and so much more\u201d.<\/p>\n

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By the time she had completed three years of intensive goldsmith training, Pauline was ready to begin her business.\u00a0 \u201cAfter completing my apprenticeship I moved to Portsmouth, NH and opened a store. \u00a0I created my own designs, did repairs for Springer\u2019s Jewelers, and specialized in custom work, especially wedding rings\u201d. \u00a0Pauline began frequenting the craft show circuit, while she was an adjunct professor at UNH, and at the Jewelry Institute in Providence , RI.<\/p>\n

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The design process has always been an important part of the Pauline\u2019 s practice (as you can see by the gorgeous sketch below). So when she was given the opportunity to become a designer for Shreve, Crump & Low and their parent company Henry Birks and Sons, she was thrilled.<\/p>\n

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Pauline\u2019s jewelry can be best described as bold yet elegant. Her attraction to enameling has remained prevalent in her daily practice. She begins her studio day early with a cup of tea and turning on the kiln for a full day of enameling while listening to NPR.\u00a0 Her studio space in Maine is spacious, light filled, and well stocked with tools. One of her favorite tools is a collection of chasing and matting tools from a jobber for companies like Gorham and Samuel Kirk & Sons in the late 90\u2019s. \u00a0As said by Pauline \u201cI am possessed by these tools. \u00a0They are gorgeous to look at. All hand made. \u00a0I make my own chasing tools, but these tools are beyond compare. \u00a0They have made my textured work amazing\u201d<\/p>\n

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Most recently Pauline has started a new line of jewelry called fARTlek<\/a> jewelry. \u201cIn 2013 after recovering from breast cancer, I became an avid runner. \u00a0This helped me to stay strong and positive. \u00a0As a result of this I started a new business fARTlek Jewelry\u00ae – a line of jewelry to celebrate personal achievements and cancer survival. \u00a0In addition to my regular work I now design and make jewelry around personal journeys. \u00a0This is also a way for me to give back and pay forward\u201c. \u00a0A significant portion of the proceeds earned from fARTlek are donated to charities related to cancer research and help for those with catastrophic illnesses.<\/p>\n

fARTlek means \u201cspeed play\u201d\u00a0 in Swedish. It is a technique of running in which the runner alternates between intermittent burst of fast running and slow running.\u00a0 We think it serves as a beautiful metaphor for Pauline\u2019s new life trajectory as jeweler. Although cancer required her to slow down for a while, it couldn\u2019t keep her from working hard to create her new business! Recently the Maine Cancer Foundation has chosen Pauline to make a unique, exclusive necklace to award to the top fundraisers for the Tri-For-A-Cure\u00ae 2019!<\/p>\n


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To learn more from Pauline Warg, take a look at her upcoming workshop \u201cThe Sculpted Bezel\u201d March 29th<\/sup> -31st<\/sup> at Metalwerx in Waltham, MA.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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