She has taken jewelry design,
stone setting, metal casting, and gem identification courses from Ray
Schow's School of Diamond Setting, the Revere Institute, the Gemological
Institute of America, San Jose State University and UC Santa Cruz. Throughout
her 25 years in the custom jewelry design business, Christy has specialized
in creating organic and textured jewelry through the lost wax process.
A German goldsmith taught her
a new method to create textures in wax. Her love of nature came alive
through this process. Injection wax (for creating replicas from rubber
molds) is melted in a small metal container and the hot wax is manipulated
and shaped by using a warm dental tool. The tip of the dental tool is
heated by an alcohol lamp (which is placed under the metal container to
keep the injection wax melted).
Christy
discovered that by dripping hot wax directly on Biwa and fresh water pearls,
she could capture their beautiful natural lines. This technique is comparable
to painting and it helped cultivate the beautiful and original designs
by Christy. She created designs for carved opals, pearls and many other
unique stones.
Christy creates a variety of
designer jewelry in gold and silver and will take special orders from
clients. She has made it easy for her clients to play an integral part
in the design of their selected piece by choosing from her many beautiful
precious and semi-precious stones.
Each
piece of jewelry is created with care. Christy wants clients to feel "special"
when wearing one of her designs. Through her art, she wants to share her
love for nature, flowers, the ocean, people, and God through her unique
jewelry designs. Her goal is to manufacture her jewelry designs so that
they will be available to people all over the world.
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