{"id":79,"date":"2007-03-05T12:27:27","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheldodge.net\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2007-03-05T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T20:27:27","slug":"featured-etsy-shop-wound-around-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lavajewelry\/2007\/03\/05\/featured-etsy-shop-wound-around-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Etsy Shop: Wound Around Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s featured Etsy shop is Wound Around Jewelry<\/a><\/b>, a shop featuring jewelry made of sterling silver and copper wire.<\/p>\n

Tell me about yourself.<\/b>
\nI’m a married stay at home mom of a 5 and 8 year old girls, but I couldn’t even do that in the traditional way. I turned 50 last fall. My formal design training came from three years in interior design\/architecture school. Jobs I’ve gotten paid for include a medical transcriptionist, secretary, bookkeeper, auditor, retail merchandiser, gym manager, and musician. Things I do because I love them include mural artist, volunteer firefighter and medical first responder, potter, and gardener. As Heinlein says –specialization is for insects.<\/p>\n

Where do you get your inspiration?<\/b>
\nEverywhere!! My celtic heritage certainly shows through in my work. I see designs in my minds eye. I sometimes ask the wire what it would like to be. I draw on the work of others jumping to the next step in the process and making the design my own. I take classes and share information with fellow artists. I surround myself with creative people in all mediums from fine art to music. I surround myself with things and people that make me happy .<\/p>\n

How did you name your shop?<\/b>
\nWhen you look at my designs you can see that Wound Around Jewelry was the only name for my shop.<\/p>\n

What are your favorite materials to use?<\/b>
\nI love copper and natural gemstones. I’m a red head and am just drawn to copper. It has such a wonderful depth of color. (As a firefighter I can also tell you that when copper water pipes burn they have the most beautiful green flame. Yes, I know I was suppose to be putting the fire out not watching copper burn.) Natural gemstones are such a joy to hold in your hand. Call it in serendipity. Call it being in the moment. Call it the beauty of God’s creation. Realizing that there is nothing else in the world exactly like what you are holding in your hand and reveling in the beauty of that moment.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give someone thinking of starting a craft business?<\/b>
\nFind a mentor and be willing to learn from others’ mistakes. Then become a mentor.<\/p>\n

Wound Around Jewelry can be found for sale at http:\/\/woundaroundjewelry.etsy.com<\/a>, at Moon Beads in Oak Ridge, TN, at Artisans in Knoxville, TN, and at fine craft shows around the southeast.<\/b><\/p>\n

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