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.

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Thank you very much for your time