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Yvonne and her husband live in the little hamlet of Annapolis
on ranchland homesteaded by the Boyds and the McMillans over 100 years
ago. The drive out to Annapolis is a pleasant one and the weather is
usually a bit warmer and less windy than the coast.
Yvonne started making beaded jewelry and planting California
native plants shortly after moving to Annapolis. Semi-precious stones,
wire and chain began her real love of jewelry.
In October, 1998 she took her first jewelry class. A soldering
class helped her with her fear of chemicals and heat used in jewelry
repair. Most of what she knows about jewelry has come from a myriad of
books, a few classes, videos and the wealth of knowledge of the 3000+
members of an online jewelry forum called Orchid.
Every year Yvonne tries to add another technique to her art
such as Reticulation and Piercing. This year it has been patterns on
rings, bracelets and pendants she gets with the help of a small
rolling mill, lace and patterned rollers. Her goals for the future are
fold-forming, chasing, repousse, setting stones, Keum-Boo, PMC clay
and enameling.
Yvonne alloys some of her own metals for special projects like
Shibuichi. The metals she works with are high and low karat gold,
colored gold, sterling silver, fine silver, copper and brass.
You can visit her little studio at any time by calling for an
appointment to make sure she is home.
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